The effect of audit committee shareholding, financial expertise and size on interim financial disclosures

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-349

  Mangena, Musa ^a   Pike, Richard ^a  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 29444452592     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2005.9729998     Document Type: Article

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