Female directors and earnings quality

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1610-1644

  Srinidhi, Bin ^a   Gul, Ferdinand A ^b   Tsui, Judy ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 83155172439     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2011.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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