An economic analysis of audit and nonaudit services: The trade-off between competition crossovers and knowledge spillovers;Analyse économique des services de vérification et des services non liés à la vérification: Ie compromis entre croisements concurrentiels et retombées réciproques des connaissances

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 527-554

  Wu, Martin G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit pricing; Knowledge spillovers; Nonaudit services; Oligopolistic competition crossovers in two markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645682393     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/4DA7-D9YU-P9HQ-PX82     Document Type: Article

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