Audit Committee Independence and Disclosure: Choice for financially distressed firms

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-299

  Carcello, Joseph V ^a   Neal, Terry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Audit committee independence; Disclosure choice; Financial distress; Financial statement notes; MD A

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141907398     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00327     Document Type: Article

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