The emergence of the Code of Corporate Governance in Singapore : effects of board composition on earnings management.
This study examines the corporate governance practices in Singapore – analysing the compliance with the Code of Corporate Governance and investigating the effect of various corporate governance mechanisms in constraining aggressive earnings management. Our results show that companies with highly-ind...
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| author | Koh, Lynn Li Ying. Ng, Lingyun. Ng, Xiang Jing. |
| author2 | Kwok, Branson Chi Hing |
| author_facet | Kwok, Branson Chi Hing Koh, Lynn Li Ying. Ng, Lingyun. Ng, Xiang Jing. |
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| description | This study examines the corporate governance practices in Singapore – analysing the compliance with the Code of Corporate Governance and investigating the effect of various corporate governance mechanisms in constraining aggressive earnings management. Our results show that companies with highly-independent and diligent Audit Committees are associated with lower levels of earnings management. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/97142023-05-19T05:41:36Z The emergence of the Code of Corporate Governance in Singapore : effects of board composition on earnings management. Koh, Lynn Li Ying. Ng, Lingyun. Ng, Xiang Jing. Kwok, Branson Chi Hing Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Finance::Corporate governance This study examines the corporate governance practices in Singapore – analysing the compliance with the Code of Corporate Governance and investigating the effect of various corporate governance mechanisms in constraining aggressive earnings management. Our results show that companies with highly-independent and diligent Audit Committees are associated with lower levels of earnings management. 2008-09-24T07:35:21Z 2008-09-24T07:35:21Z 2005 2005 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9714 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Business::Finance::Corporate governance Koh, Lynn Li Ying. Ng, Lingyun. Ng, Xiang Jing. The emergence of the Code of Corporate Governance in Singapore : effects of board composition on earnings management. |
| title | The emergence of the Code of Corporate Governance in Singapore : effects of board composition on earnings management. |
| title_full | The emergence of the Code of Corporate Governance in Singapore : effects of board composition on earnings management. |
| title_fullStr | The emergence of the Code of Corporate Governance in Singapore : effects of board composition on earnings management. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The emergence of the Code of Corporate Governance in Singapore : effects of board composition on earnings management. |
| title_short | The emergence of the Code of Corporate Governance in Singapore : effects of board composition on earnings management. |
| title_sort | emergence of the code of corporate governance in singapore effects of board composition on earnings management |
| topic | DRNTU::Business::Finance::Corporate governance |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9714 |
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