Auditor industry specialization, auditor changes, and accounting restatements

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-413

  Romanus, Robin N ^a   Maher, John J ^b   Fleming, Damon M ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit quality; Auditor industry specialization; Financial restatements

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249155128     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2008.22.4.389     Document Type: Article

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