The role of risk management and governance in determining audit demand

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1344-1367

  Knechel, W Robert ^a   Willekens, Marleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Audit; Audit fee; Demand; Governance; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845405179     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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