The effects of precedents and client position on auditors' financial accounting policy judgment

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 467-486

  Salterio, Steven ^a  

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EID: 0030194368     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-3682(95)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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