Auditor liability and the precision of auditing standards

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 181-206

  Ewert, Ralf ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0033243371     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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