Audit committee compensation, fairness, and the resolution of accounting disagreements

Auditing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-150

  Bierstaker, James L ^a   Cohen, Jeffrey R ^b   Todd DeZoort, F ^c   Hermanson, Dana R ^d  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit committee; Disagreement; Fairness; Incentive compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861010885     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-10238     Document Type: Article

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