Are corporate governance attributes associated with accounting conservatism?

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1007-1030

  Lim, Roslinda ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit committee; Audit quality; Board independence; Conservatism; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155146544     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2010.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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