Accounting properties of chinese family firms

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 623-640

  Ding, Shujun ^a   Qu, Baozhi ^b   Zhuang, Zili ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Skolkovo Institute for Emerging Market Studies   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accounting properties; Agency problems; China; Family firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255143142     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: 21604061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X11409147     Document Type: Article

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