Audit qualification and timing of earnings announcements: Evidence from China

Auditing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-146

  Haw, In Mu G ^a,b   Park, Kyungjoo ^c   Qi, Daqing ^d   Wu, Woody ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d Center for AI and Institutions at CKGSB   (China)

Author keywords

Earnings news; Emerging market; Modified audit opinions; Timeliness of earnings announcements

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142544248     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2003.22.2.121     Document Type: Review

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