The voluntary choice of an auditor of any level of quality

Auditing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 37-53

  Hay, David ^a   Davis, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Wellington   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Auditor quality; Voluntary auditing

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744263839     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2004.23.2.37     Document Type: Article

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