Corporate board governance and voluntary disclosure of executive compensation practices

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1147-1182

  Laksmana, Indrarini ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Corporate governance; Executive compensation; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149140512     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/car.25.4.8     Document Type: Article

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