The economic consequence of voluntary auditing

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-93

  Haw, In Mu ^a   Qi, Daqing ^b   Wu, Woody ^c  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for AI and Institutions at CKGSB

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Earnings response coefficients; Motivation; Voluntary auditing

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049131791     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X0802300105     Document Type: Article

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