Financial reporting quality and investment efficiency of private firms in emerging markets

Accounting Review

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1255-1288

  Chen, Feng ^a   Hope, Ole Kristian ^a   Li, Qingyuan ^b   Wang, Xin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Financial reporting quality; Financing sources; Investment efficiency; Private firms; Tax incentives; Under and overinvestment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052513412     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-10040     Document Type: Article

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