Auditor disaffiliation program in China and auditor independence

Auditing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-51

  Gul, Ferdinand A ^a   Sami, Heibatollah ^b   Zhou, Haiyan ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit opinion; Audit quality; Auditor independence; Earnings management; Emerging market; Noncore operating income

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249105946     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2009.28.1.29     Document Type: Article

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