The association between institutional ownership and audit properties

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 199-222

  Han, Sam ^a   Kang, Tony ^b   Rees, Lynn ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

audit quality; audit risk; corporate governance; institutional ownership; monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878662055     PISSN: 16081625     EISSN: 21642257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2012.748449     Document Type: Article

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