Credit rating initiation and accounting quality for emerging-market firms

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 216-234

  Bae, Kee Hong ^a   Purda, Lynnette ^b   Welker, Michael ^b   Zhong, Ligang ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

credit ratings; emerging markets; internationalization; liability of foreignness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877301657     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.4     Document Type: Article

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