Audit analytical procedures: A field investigation

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 457-486

  Hirst, D Eric ^a   Koonce, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0000607520     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1996.tb00511.x     Document Type: Article

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