Auditor's skill, auditing standards, litigation, and audit quality

British Accounting Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-183

  Frantz, Pascal ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033147408     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1999.0096     Document Type: Article

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