Does CEO duality constrain board independence? Some evidence from audit pricing

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 361-380

  Bliss, Mark A ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Audit fee pricing; Board size; Corporate governance; G34; Independent directors; M42

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955634810     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2010.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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