Earnings management, litigation risk, and asymmetric audit fee responses

Auditing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-98

  Abbott, Lawrence J ^a   Parker, Susan ^b   Peters, Gary F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 33845788084     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2006.25.1.85     Document Type: Article

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