Audit Committee Characteristics and the Perceived Quality of Financial Reporting: An Empirical Analysis
Authors:
- Andrew J. FeloAFAndrew J. Felo
- Srinivasan KrishnamurthySKSrinivasan Krishnamurthy
- Steven A. SolieriSSSteven A. Solieri
Preprint
- 1 January 2003
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we empirically examine the relationship between two audit committee characteristics - the composition (expertise and independence) and size of thKeywords
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