The impact of audit committee characteristics on the enhancement of the quality of financial reporting: An empirical study in the Spanish context

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1394-1412

  Pucheta Martínez, Maria Consuelo ^a   De Fuentes, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Audit committee; Audit committee effectiveness; Audit quality; Corporate governance; Qualified audit reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149044146     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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