Product market competition, legal institutions, and accounting conservatism

Journal of International Accounting Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1-39

  Haw, In Mu G ^a   Ho, Simon S M ^b   Li, Yuansha ^c   Zhang, Feida ^d  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HANG SENG MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A cross country study; Accounting conservatism; Financial reporting environments; Legal institutions; Product market competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956953616     PISSN: 15426297     EISSN: 15588025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/jiar-51051     Document Type: Article

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