Increasing the role of auditing in corporate governance

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 783-795

  Baker, Richard C ^a   Owsen, Dwight M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036822647     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cpac.2002.0566     Document Type: Review

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