Audit qualifications and corporate governance in Spanish listed firms

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 725-738

  Ballesta, Juan Pedro S ^a   García Meca, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auditing; Capital markets; Corporate governance; Qualifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344449097     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900510611258     Document Type: Article

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