Auditors’ Liability: Its Role in the Corporate Governance Debate

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 23, Issue sup1, 1993, Pages 412-420

  O'Sullivan, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001235067     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: 21594260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1993.9729908     Document Type: Article

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