UK auditor concentration: A descriptive note

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 311-322

  Peel, Michael J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007082260     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1997.9729557     Document Type: Article

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