Gender-diverse boards and properties of analyst earnings forecasts

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 511-538

  Gul, Ferdinand A ^a   Hutchinson, Marion ^b   Lai, Karen M Y ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Analyst forecast properties; Board gender diversity; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884361565     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch-50486     Document Type: Article

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