A test of the free cash flow and debt monitoring hypotheses: Evidence from audit pricing

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-237

  Gul, Ferdinand A ^a   Tsui, Judy S L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Audit pricing; Debt monitoring; Free cash flow; Growth opportunities; L84; M40

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031574542     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(98)00006-8     Document Type: Article

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