Buy, Lie, or Die: An Investigation of Chinese ST Firms' Voluntary Interim Audit Motive and Auditor Independence

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-153

  Chu, Alex G H ^a   Du, Xingqiang ^b   Jiang, Guohua ^c  

^a Shanghai   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

auditor independence; business ethics; China; delisting; earnings manipulation; special treatment; voluntary interim audit

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961025170     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0804-2     Document Type: Article

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