Board Characteristics and Audit Fees

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 365-384

  Carcello, Joseph V ^a   Hermanson, Dana R ^b   Neal, Terry L ^c   Riley Jr , Richard A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit fees; Board characteristics; Expertise; Independence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347309118     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/CHWK-GMQ0-MLKE-K03V     Document Type: Article

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