The role of institutional ownership in the market for auditing services: An empirical investigation

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 976-983

  Kane, Gregory D ^a   Velury, Uma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit quality; Auditing; Corporate governance; Institutional ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043118419     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(02)00499-X     Document Type: Article

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