The effects of advertising and solicitation on audit fees

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-81

  Hay, David ^a   Knechel, W Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; Audit fees; Auditing; Competition; Deregulation; Direct solicitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649097533     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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