The effect of SOX on small auditor exits and audit quality

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-40

  DeFond, Mark L ^a   Lennox, Clive S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Audit markets; Audit quality; Auditor opinions; PCAOB; Sarbanes Oxley act

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957503061     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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