Heterogeneity in expertise in a credence goods setting: evidence from audit partners
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Keywords
Expert-client agency costs; Credence goods; Audit; Industry specialization; Audit partners; Audit fees;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- M42 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Auditing
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
- L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
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