Scope of auditors' liability, audit quality, and capital investment

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-122

  Chan, Derek K ^a   Wong, Kit Pong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Audit quality; Auditors' liability; Double moral hazard; Sequential borrowing; Underinvestment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845606339     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017983614986     Document Type: Article

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