The effect of audit partner tenure on client managers' accounting discretion

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-186

  Fargher, Neil ^a   Lee, Ho Young ^b   Mande, Vivek ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditors; Financial reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149076055     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900810839857     Document Type: Review

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