Effects of Board of Directors' Characteristics on the Quality of Accounting Information in Brazil

One of the board of directors' responsibilities is to monitor the quality of information disclosed in financial reports. The board's structural and compositional characteristics can affect the quality of reported accounting information. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects...

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Main Authors: Luciana Holtz, Alfredo Sarlo Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-12-01
Series:Revista Contabilidade & Finanças
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-70772014000300255&lng=en&tlng=en