Auditor's Gender and Audit Fees

International Journal of Auditing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-18

  Ittonen, Kim ^a   Peni, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Audit fees; Gender based differences; Psychological characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856849883     PISSN: 10906738     EISSN: 10991123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-1123.2011.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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