The influence of qualified foreign institutional investors on the association between default risk and audit opinions: Evidence from the Chinese stock market

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 400-415

  Ting, Wei ^a   Yen, Sin Hui ^b   Chiu, Chien Liang ^b  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Audit opinions; Default risk; Qualified foreign institutional investors

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049108083     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2008.00699.x     Document Type: Review

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