Earnings management and corporate governance: the role of the board and the audit committee

Journal of Corporate Finance - Tập 9 Số 3 - Trang 295-316 - 2003
Biao Xie1, Wallace N. Davidson1, Peter J. DaDalt2
1Department of Finance, Mailcode 4626, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
2Department of Finance, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, 35 Broad St., Atlanta, GA 30303-3087, USA

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