Auditor concentration: A replication and extension for the UK audit market 1991-1995

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 451-475

  Pong, Christopher K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0013441063     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00263     Document Type: Article

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