Board characteristics, audit committee characteristics and abnormal accruals

Pacific Accounting Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 47-68

  Bradbury, M E ^a   Mak, Y T ^b   Tan, S M ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 69949152753     PISSN: 01140582     EISSN: 20415494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01140580610732813     Document Type: Article

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