MARKET POWER AND ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION IN THE FINANCIAL AUDITING SERVICES OF THE WORLD
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concentración económica, poder de mercado, servicios de auditoría financiera, revisión de la literatura.Abstract
The objective of this work is to make an extensive review of the main research published in the international literature on the relationship between market power and economic concentration in the market for professional services of financial audit for a few audit firms. The methodology used to conduct this qualitative research has an important theoretical foundation, since it is based on a thorough literature review of the most relevant theoretical and conceptual approaches to international literature. The results indicate that in the market of  financial audit there is a significant relationship between economic concentration and market power held by a few service providers of financial service firms audit, specifically under the control of the Big 4 audit firms.Downloads
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