Audit fees, nonaudit fees, and auditor reporting on stressed companies

Auditing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 53-69

  Geiger, Marshall A ^a   Rama, Dasaratha V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit fees; Audit reporting; Auditor independence; Nonaudit fees

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142655341     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2003.22.2.53     Document Type: Review

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