Ownership structure, board composition and corporate voluntary disclosure: Evidence from listed companies in China

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 604-619

  Huafang, Xiao ^a   Jianguo, Yuan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; China; Corporate ownership; Disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347376338     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900710759406     Document Type: Article

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