Boards Characteristics and Earnings Quality: UK Evidence

This study attempts to observe the effect of board characteristics of non-financial UK firms on their earnings qualities. Using 259 firms out of the total 351 constituents of FTSE 350 during 2012 until 2015, we employ the modified-Jones model to calculate the abnormal accruals as proxies for earn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nur, Nalini
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36448/