The influence of corporate governance mechanisms on the quality of financial reporting and auditing: Perceptions of auditors and directors in Singapore

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-223

  Goodwin, Jenny ^a   Seow, Jean Lin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Audit independence; Audit quality; Corporate governance; Financial reporting quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044220682     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-629X.t01-1-00074     Document Type: Article

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