The Effect of Guanxi on Audit Quality in China

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 621-638

  Liu, Jihong ^a   Wang, Yaping ^b   Wu, Liansheng ^b  

^a ZHONGNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

auditor independence; business ethics; China; corporate governance; guanxi; state ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053906917     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0884-z     Document Type: Article

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