The empirical relationship between ownership characteristics and audit fees

Santanu Mitra1, Mahmud Hossain2, Donald R. Deis3
1Department of Accounting, School of Business Administration, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
2Department of Accounting, Fogelman College of Business, University of Memphis, Memphis, USA
3Ennis & Virginia Joslin Endowed Chair in Accounting, College of Business, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, USA

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