Corporate governance quality, audit fees and non-audit services fees

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 165-197

  Zaman, Mahbub ^a,b,c   Hudaib, Mohammed ^a,b,c   Haniffa, Roszaini ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit Committees; Audit Fees; Audit Quality; Corporate Governance; Non Executive Directors; Nonaudit Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952576283     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2010.02224.x     Document Type: Article

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