The emergence of the Code of Corporate Governance in Singapore : effects of board composition on earnings management.

• Main Authors: Koh, Lynn Li Ying., Ng, Lingyun., Ng, Xiang Jing.
• Other Authors: Kwok, Branson Chi Hing
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Corporate governance
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9714
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...