Factors associated with the early adoption of the SEC's revised auditor fee disclosure rules

Auditing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 41-51

  Asthana, Sharad ^a   Krishnan, Jayanthi ^b  

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

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit fee; Auditor independence; Early adoption; Nonaudit fee

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149148056     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2006.25.2.41     Document Type: Article

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