The effects of audit committee activity and independence on corporate fraud

Managerial Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 55-67

  Abbott, Lawrence J ^a   Park, Young ^b   Parker, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit; Financial misstatement; Fraud; Research; Usa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862646503     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350010766990     Document Type: Article

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