The Association between Auditor Choice, Ownership Retained, and Earnings Disclosure by Firms Making Initial Public Offerings

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-76

  Copley, Paul A ^a   Douthett Jr , Edward B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit fees; Auditor choice; New issues; Retained ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141994748     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/u1y4-ccxt-bpve-qh58     Document Type: Article

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