Non-audit services, auditor quality and the value relevance of earnings

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 797-817

  Gul, Ferdinand A ^a   Tsui, Judy ^a   Dhaliwal, Dan S ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit quality; Auditor independence; Earnings, non audit services; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751182554     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629x.2006.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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