An analysis of the factors driving the voluntary creation of audit committees: Evidence in the case of Spain

Corporate Board: Role, Duties and Composition

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 37-59

  Pucheta Martínez, María Consuelo ^a   de Fuentes, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Audit committee; Corporate governance; Voluntary formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954429073     PISSN: 18108601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22495/cbv3i2art4     Document Type: Article

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