The relevance of quantifiable audit qualifications in the valuation of IPOs

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 512-550

  Ghicas, Dimitrios C ^a   Papadaki, Afroditi ^a   Siougle, Georgia ^a   Sougiannis, Theodore ^b,c  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Athens Laboratory of Business Administration   (Greece)

Author keywords

Audit qualifications; Earnings forecasts; IPOs; Underwriters; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149094059     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-007-9051-2     Document Type: Article

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