An intertemporal analysis of audit fees and section 404 material weaknesses

Auditing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-200

  Hoag, Matthew L ^a   Hollingsworth, Carl W ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit fees; Internal control opinion; Remediation of a material weakness; SOX Section 404

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051713307     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-50005     Document Type: Article

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