Concentration without differentiation: A new look at the determinants of audit market concentration

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-253

  Doogar, Rajib ^a   Easley, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit industry structure; Audit market concentration; C6; Capacity commitment; D2; L1; L8; Leverage; M4

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040685730     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(98)00027-5     Document Type: Article

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