Governance structures, ethnicity, and audit fees of Malaysian listed firms

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 757-782

  Yatim, Puan ^a   Kent, Pamela ^b   Clarkson, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit committees; Auditor's fees; Boards of directors; Corporate governance; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746688492     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900610680530     Document Type: Article

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