Management ownership and audit firm size

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 205-227

  Lennox, Clive ^a  

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

Author keywords

Agency theory; Audit firm size; Management ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544381672     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/K2CG-U6V0-NPTC-EQBK     Document Type: Article

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