Audit pricing and nature of controlling shareholders: Evidence from France
This study examines whether auditors are employed as a monitoring mechanism to mitigate agency problems arising from different types of controlling shareholders. In a context of concentrated ownership and poor investor protection, controlling shareholders can easily expropriate wealth from minority...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-03-01
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Series: | China Journal of Accounting Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755309112000299 |