On audit committee appointments

Auditing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 196-207

  Vafeas, Nikos ^a  

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EID: 0039490198     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2001.20.1.197     Document Type: Article

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