Corporate social responsibility, corporate governance and earnings quality: Evidence from Korea

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 447-467

  Choi, Bo Bae ^a   Lee, Doowon ^a   Park, Youngkyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Business groups; Corporate governance; Corporate social performance; Financial disclosure; Institutional shareholder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881319420     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/corg.12033     Document Type: Article

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