Defence Measures and Earnings Management in an Owner Dominant Context

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 765-793

  Bona Sánchez, Carolina ^a   Pérez Alemán, Jerónimo ^a   Santana Martín, Domingo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Defence measures; Earnings management; Owner dominant context

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053923551     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2011.02246.x     Document Type: Article

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