Influence of corporate governance on fees: UK evidence / Azizah Abdullah, Michael Page and Masdiah Abdul Hamid

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Azizah, Page, Michael, Abdul Hamid, Masdiah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: HD Industries. Land use. Labor; Corporate organization. Corporate governance; Management. Industrial Management; Other, Including business consultants, capacity, size of industries, etc.; Business analysts
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/59697/1/59697.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/59697/; http://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/tifej

Given the lack of emphasize on auditor fees, the present paper investigates the implication of governance mechanisms on auditor’s fees in UK. In particular, board of directors’ inde-pendence, size, duality roles and audit committees’ independence were examined while au-dit tenure is also included to...