Common Membership and Effective Corporate Governance: Evidence from Audit and Compensation Committees

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-92

  Liao, Chih Hsien ^a   Hsu, Audrey Wen Hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Audit Committee; Common Membership; Compensation Committee; Corporate Governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871917077     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/corg.12000     Document Type: Article

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