The effects of corporate governance experience and financial-reporting and audit knowledge on audit committee members' judgments

Auditing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 31-47

  DeZoort, F Todd ^a   Salterio, Steven E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Audit committees; Auditor corporate management conflict; Corporate governance; Experience; Financial reporting oversight; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002509047     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2001.20.2.31     Document Type: Article

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