Culture and auditor choice: A test of the secrecy hypothesis

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 357-373

  Hope, Ole Kristian ^a   Kang, Tony ^b   Thomas, Wayne ^c   Yoo, Yong Keun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Auditor quality; Culture; International; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949110846     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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