Audit market competition: Auditor changes and the impact of tendering

British Accounting Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-289

  Beattie, Vivien ^a   Fearnley, Stella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032162260     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1997.0070     Document Type: Article

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