An examination of factors affecting audit practice development

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 481-504

  Cohen, Jeffrey R ^a   Trompeter, Gregory M ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0000802073     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1998.tb00568.x     Document Type: Article

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