Client, industry, and country factors affecting choice of big N industry expert auditors

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 433-467

  Ettredge, Michael ^a   Kwon, Soo Young ^b   Lim, Chee Yeow ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Audit market shares; Audit quality; Big N auditors; Global audit market; Industry specialization; International auditing

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049104188     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X0902400306     Document Type: Article

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