Self-Selection of Auditors and Audit Pricing in Private Firms

Accounting Review

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-72

  Chaney, Paul K ^a   Jeter, Debra C ^a   Shivakumar, Lakshmanan ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1342266706     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2004.79.1.51     Document Type: Review

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