Extraterritorial impacts of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on external corporate governance - Current evidence from a German perspective

Corporate Ownership and Control

Volumn 3, Issue 3 A, 2006, Pages 113-127

  Haller, Axel ^a   Ernstberger, Jürgen ^a   Kraus, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditing; External corporate governance; Germany; Sarbanes Oxley Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449104317     PISSN: 17279232     EISSN: 18103057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22495/cocv3i3p9     Document Type: Article

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