The effects of ownership structure and board composition on the audit committee meeting frequency: Spanish evidence

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 909-922

  Méndez, Carlos Fernández ^a   García, Rubén Arrondo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Activity; Audit committee; Board of directors; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748894362     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00619.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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