The endogenous relationship between audit-report type and business termination: Evidence on private firms in a non-litigious environment

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-79

  Gaeremynek, Ann ^a   Willekens, Marleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0012683592     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2003.9729632     Document Type: Article

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