Board of director characteristics, institutional ownership, and fraud: Evidence from Australia

Auditing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-117

  Sharma, Vineeta D ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit quality; Board of directors; Corporate governance; Fraud; Institutional shareholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744222506     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2004.23.2.105     Document Type: Article

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