Audit committees and earnings quality

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-290

  Baxter, Peter ^a   Cotter, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit committees; Corporate governance; Earnings management; Earnings quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649126053     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2008.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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