Board composition, regulatory regime and voluntary disclosure

International Journal of Accounting

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 262-289

  Cheng, Eugene C M ^a   Courtenay, Stephen M ^b  

^a CITIGROUP   (United States)

^b Labraway Associates   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Duality; Regulatory regime; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748148204     PISSN: 00207063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intacc.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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