Auditing the auditors: Evidence on the recent reforms to the external monitoring of audit firms

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 84-103

  Lennox, Clive ^a   Pittman, Jeffrey ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

PCAOB; Regulation; Sarbanes Oxley act

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949102918     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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