The association between audit quality, accounting disclosures and firm-specific risk: Evidence from initial public offerings

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 377-400

  Lee, Philip ^a   Stokes, Donald ^b,c   Taylor, Stephen ^c,d   Walter, Terry ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CAPITAL MARKETS CRC LIMITED   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditing; Initial public offering; International; Litigation risk; Underwriter quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141987801     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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