Auditor liability: The other side of the debate

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-312

  Cousins, Jim ^a   Mitchell, Austin ^a   Sikka, Prem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007140941     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cpac.1998.0322     Document Type: Article

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