Professional service fees and auditor objectivity

Auditing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-52

  Reynolds, Kenneth ^a   Deis Jr , Donald R ^b   Francis, Jere R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Accruals; Auditor independence; Earnings management; Nonaudit services

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642580658     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2004.23.1.29     Document Type: Article

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