The influence of nonaudit service revenues and client pressure on external auditors' decisions to rely on internal audit

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-53

  Felix Jr , William L ^a   Gramling, Audrey A ^b   Maletta, Mario J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit evidence; Client pressure; Internal audit; Nonaudit service revenues

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544377933     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/JN7X-B51L-V45W-4U7R     Document Type: Article

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