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
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

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...