Nonaudit fees, auditor independence, and bond ratings

Auditing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-103

  Brandon, Duane M ^a   Crabtree, Aaron D ^b   Maher, John J ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditor fees; Auditor independence; Bond ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744270116     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2004.23.2.89     Document Type: Article

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