Determinants and accounting consequences of forming a governance committee: Evidence from the United States

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 710-727

  Huang, Henry ^a   Lobo, Gerald J ^b   Zhou, Jian ^c  

^a PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accounting Accruals; Corporate Governance; Governance Committee; Sarbanes Oxley Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149110093     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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