The riskiness of large audit firm client portfolios and changes in audit liability regimes: Evidence from the U.S. audit market

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 747-785

  Choi, Jong Hag ^a   Doogar, Rajib K ^b   Ganguly, Ananda R ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit clienteles; Audit litigation reform; Client quality; Financial ratios

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244306952     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/RCBG-RWXT-QAVF-JDDW     Document Type: Review

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