Corporate fraud and external social connectedness of independent directors
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.05.014
Abstract: We examine the effects of independent directors' external social connectedness on corporate fraud commission and detection. The results show that well-connected independent directors do not affect the likelihood of fraud commission but significantly reduce the… read more here.
Keywords: external social; fraud commission; independent directors; corporate fraud ... See more keywords