The relationship between voluntary disclosure and independent directors in the presence of a dominant shareholder

European Accounting Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-33

  Patelli, Lorenzo ^a   Prencipe, Annalisa ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 34547509436     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180701265820     Document Type: Article

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