Auditor switches in the pre- And post-enron eras: Risk or realignment?

Accounting Review

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 531-558

  Landsman, Wayne R ^a   Nelson, Karen K ^b   Rountree, Brian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditor switching; Client misalignment; Client risk; Sarbanes oxley

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249150736     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2009.84.2.531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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