The effect of auditor quality on financing decisions

Accounting Review

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1085-1117

  Chang, Xin ^a   Dasgupta, Sudipto ^b   Hikiry, Gilles ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Auditor quality; Capital structure; Financial decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549090609     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2009.84.4.1085     Document Type: Article

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