Litigation risk and auditor resignations

Accounting Review

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 539-560

  Krishnan, Jagan ^a   Krishnan, Jayanthi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Auditor dismissals; Auditor resignations; Auditor switching; Litigation risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031286960     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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