Internal corporate governance, CEO turnover, and earnings management

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-69

  Hazarika, Sonali ^a   Karpoff, Jonathan M ^b   Nahata, Rajarishi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Earnings management; Management turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857457044     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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