A political-economic analysis of auditor reporting and auditor switches

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-48

  Chan, K Hung ^a   Lin, Kenny Z ^a   Mo, Phyllis Lai Lan ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Audit qualifications; Auditor locality; Auditor switches; Economic dependence; Political influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645580279     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jam.2006.19.21     Document Type: Article

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