Shareholder voting on auditor selection, audit fees, and audit quality

Accounting Review

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-171

  Dao, Mai ^a   Raghunandan, K ^b   Rama, Dasaratha V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit fees; Audit quality; Auditor selection; Shareholder voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857272181     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-10159     Document Type: Review

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