Materiality and risk judgements: A review of users’ expectations

Managerial Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 16-34

  De Martinis, Michael R ^a   Burrowes, Ashley W ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0002265289     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb018579     Document Type: Article

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