Game theory and the auditor's penalty regime

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-45

  Hatherly, David ^a   Nadeau, Luc ^b   Thomas, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

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EID: 0040163365     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.1996.tb00400.x     Document Type: Article

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