The effect of the board composition and its monitoring committees on earnings management: Evidence from Spain

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1413-1428

  Osma, Beatriz García ^b   Noguer, Belén Gill De Albornoz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Discretionary accruals; Earnings management

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149048763     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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