Long-term trends in audit fees

Auditing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 115-136

  Menon, Krishnagopal ^a   Williams, David D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Audit fees; Auditing standards; Competition; Litigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040081929     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2001.20.1.115     Document Type: Article

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