Production Efficiency and the Pricing of Audit Services

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-77

  Dopuch, Nicholas ^a   Gupta, Mahendra ^a   Simunic, Dan A ^b   Stein, Michael T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Efficiency; Pricing; Production

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542504050     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/6UDH-HM5M-3W63-PKJP     Document Type: Review

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