Audit firm tenure and the equity risk premium

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-140

  Boone, Jeff P ^a   Khurana, Inder K ^b   Raman, K K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit firm tenure; Cost of equity capital; Perceived audit quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049110814     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X0802300107     Document Type: Article

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