Corporate governance and earnings management in family-controlled companies

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-227

  Prencipe, Annalisa ^a   Bar Yosef, Sasson ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Board Independence; CEO Duality; Earnings Management; Family Controlled Companies; Independent Directors; Italian Companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054929228     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: 21604061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X11401212     Document Type: Article

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