Pricing initial audit engagements: A test of competing theories

Accounting Review

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-216

  Craswell, Allen T ^b   Francis, Jere R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Audit pricing; Auditor independence; Initial audit engagements; Lowballing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033114556     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.1999.74.2.201     Document Type: Article

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