The market effects of auditor resignations

Auditing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-144

  Wells, Donald W ^a   Loudder, Martha L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditor changes; Auditor resignation; Capital markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011003783     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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