Audit fees and auditor change; an investigation of the persistence of fee reduction by type of change

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-28

  Gregory, Alan ^a   Collier, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0003033670     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.1996.tb00399.x     Document Type: Article

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