Does the provision of nonaudit services affect investor perceptions of auditor independence?

Auditing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-135

  Krishnan, Jayanthi ^a   Sami, Heibatollah ^b   Zhang, Yinqi ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditor independence; Earnings response coefficients; Nonaudit services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746454658     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2005.24.2.111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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