Institutional investors on boards and audit committees and their effects on financial reporting quality

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 347-363

  Pucheta Martínez, María Consuelo ^a   García Meca, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Audit Committee; Board of Directors; Corporate Governance; Financial Reporting Quality; Institutional Investors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903885762     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/corg.12070     Document Type: Article

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