Fraud, enforcement action, and the role of corporate governance: Evidence from China

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 561-576

  Jia, Chunxin ^a   Ding, Shujun ^b   Li, Yuanshun ^c   Wu, Zhenyu ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Enforcement; Fraud; Supervisory boards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893804197     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0061-9     Document Type: Article

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