Pricing of initial audit engagements by large and small audit firms;La tarification des missions de vérification initiales par les grands et les petits cabinets de vérification

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 333-368

  Ghosh, Aloke ^a   Lustgarten, Steven ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit fees; Auditor independence; Low balling; Market structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745609496     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/927U-JGJY-35TA-7NT1     Document Type: Article

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