Security design, incomplete contracts and relational contracting: Implications for accounting and auditing

British Accounting Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-44

  Seal, Willie ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030101203     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1996.0002     Document Type: Article

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