Do abnormally high audit fees impair audit quality?

Auditing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-140

  Choi, Jong Hag ^a   Kim, Jeong Bon ^b   Zang, Yoonseok ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abnormal audit fees; Audit quality; Earnings management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149346149     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2010.29.2.115     Document Type: Article

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