The determinants of audit fees - Evidence from the voluntary sector

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 243-274

  Beattie, Vivien ^a   Goodacre, Alan ^a   Pratt, Ken ^a   Stevenson, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit fees; Auditor expertise; Charity sector; Fee premium; Non audit services

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944392229     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2001.9729619     Document Type: Article

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