Legal systems and earnings quality: The role of auditor industry specialization

Auditing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 25-55

  Kwon, Soo Young ^a   Lim, Chee Yeow ^b   Tan, Patricia Mui Siang ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Auditor industry specialization; Earnings quality; Legal environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149181148     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2007.26.2.25     Document Type: Article

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