The extent of corporate governance disclosure and its determinants in a developing market: The case of Egypt

Advances in Accounting

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 168-178

  Samaha, Khaled ^a   Dahawy, Khaled ^a   Hussainey, Khaled ^b   Stapleton, Pamela ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit committee; Board characteristics; Corporate governance disclosure; Developing countries; Egypt; Egyptian Stock Exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861865624     PISSN: 08826110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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