Audit quality and accrual persistence: Evidence from the pre - and post-Sarbanes-Oxley periods

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 437-456

  Chambers, Dennis ^a   Payne, Jeff ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Auditors; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958144302     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686901111129580     Document Type: Article

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