The consequences of protecting audit partners’ personal assets from the threat of liability

This study investigates the audit firm’s decision to protect its partners’ personal assets by becoming a limited liability partnership (LLP). We find that the likelihood of an audit firm switching from unlimited to limited liability is increasing in its size and exposure to litigation risk. We find...

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Main Authors: Lennox, Clive S., Li, Bing
Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103251
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16890
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English