Costs and benefits of audit quality in the IPO market: A self-selection analysis

Accounting Review

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-86

  Hogan, Chris E ^a  

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Author keywords

Auditor compensation; Selection bias; Underpricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031288062     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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