Board of director characteristics and earnings quality surrounding implementation of a corporate governance code in Mexico

Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Machuga, Susan ^a   Teitel, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Earnings quality; Family ownership; Independence; International; Shared directors

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949107603     PISSN: 10619518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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