Avoiding losses and earnings decrease by Malaysian companies before and after major corporate governance initiatives

International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-63

  Talha, Mohammad ^a   Mohamad, Musthafa ^b   Sallehhuddin, Abdullah ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

corporate governance; earnings management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920134997     PISSN: 17536715     EISSN: 17536723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMFA.2008.020461     Document Type: Article

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