How effective is joint public and private monitoring? The case of the AICPA auditor change notification letter

Auditing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-43

  Ettredge, Michael L ^a   Smith, David B ^a   Stone, Mary S ^a  

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Author keywords

Auditing; Auditor changes; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040884230     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2001.20.1.29     Document Type: Article

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