The effects of formal sanctions on auditor independence

Auditing

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages 68-101

  Shafer, William E ^a   Morris, Roselyn E ^b   Ketchand, Alice A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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