Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies: Volume 4 Issue 1

Convergence of corporate governance in Malaysia and Thailand

Syed Abdulla Al Mamun, Yousre Badir

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether there is a firm-level corporate governance (CG) convergence in two emerging economies, namely Malaysia and Thailand in post-Asian…

Developing corporate accounting regulation in Libya past and future challenges

Essa El-Firjani, Karim Menacere, Roger Pegum

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature and development of corporate accounting regulation in Libya.

What influence dividend decisions of firms in Sub-Saharan African?

Anastacia C. Arko, Joshua Abor, Charles K.D. Adjasi, Mohammed Amidu

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of the dividend decisions of firms in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Board characteristics, external auditing quality and earnings management : Evidence from the Tunisian banks

Neila Boulila Taktak, Ibtissem Mbarki

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of board characteristics and external audit quality on earnings management among major Tunisian banks over the period 2003-2007…

Professional accounting education programmes in South Africa and India: A comparative study

Lesley Stainbank, Devi Dutt Tewari

The purpose of this paper is to provide a contextual analysis of the professional accounting education programmes in South Africa and India by benchmarking both programmes to the…

Effects of board and ownership structure on corporate performance: Evidence from GCC countries

Houda Arouri, Mohammed Hossain, Mohammad Badrul Muttakin

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of ownership structure and board composition on bank performance as measured by Tobin's Q and market to book value in Gulf…