Client Satisfaction and Big 6 Audit Fees

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 587-608

  Behn, Bruce K ^a   Carcello, Joseph V ^a   Hermanson, Dana R ^b   Hermanson, Roger H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0007123803     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1999.tb00597.x     Document Type: Article

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