The association between corporate social responsibility activities and earnings quality: Evidence from donations and voluntary issuance of CSR reports

Journal of Applied Business Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 945-962

  Pyo, Gyungmin ^a   Lee, Ho Young ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Accounting Conservatism; Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure; Discretionary Accruals; Earnings Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877656750     PISSN: 08927626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19030/jabr.v29i3.7793     Document Type: Article

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