Female board presence and the likelihood of financial restatement

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 607-629

  Abbott, Lawrence J ^a   Parker, Susan ^b   Presley, Theresa J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board gender diversity; Corporate governance; Restatement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871331072     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch-50249     Document Type: Article

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