Do the Big 4 and the Second-tier firms provide audits of similar quality?

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 330-352

  Boone, Jeff P ^a   Khurana, Inder K ^b   Raman, K K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 77955418706     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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