The impact of audit committee quality on financial reporting quality and audit fees

Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-33

  Rainsbury, Elizabeth A ^a   Bradbury, Michael ^b   Cahan, Steven F ^c  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Audit committees; Audit fees; Auditing; Financial reporting quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749085280     PISSN: 18155669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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