Anticompetitive behaviour in the audit services market by the Big audit firms: Evidence over time

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Anticompetitive behaviour in the audit services market by the Big audit firms: Evidence over time

This study investigates the existence of anticompetitive behaviour and cartel pricing by the Big4 international providers of auditing services (resulting from the halving in the number of such providers from the Big8 to Big4).This study uses both a composite and dis-aggregated measure for auditor at...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Singh, Harj
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Virtus interpress 2013
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62770

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