Lara, Juan Manuel Garcia; Osma, Beatriz Garcia; … - In: European Accounting Review 16 (2007) 4, pp. 727-755
Using a sample of Spanish listed firms for the period 1997-2002 we find that firms where the CEO has a low influence over the functioning of the board of directors show a greater degree of accounting conservatism. We measure the influence of the CEO over the board of directors using two...