Cross-listing audit fee premiums: Theory and evidence

Accounting Review

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1429-1463

  Choi, Jong Hag ^a   Kim, Jeong Bon ^b   Liu, Xiaohong ^c   Simunic, Dan A ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audit fee; Audit quality; Cross listing; Legal regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149099092     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2009.84.5.1429     Document Type: Article

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