The effect of the big eight accounting firm mergers on the market for audit services

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 375-399

  Sullivan, Mary W ^a  

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EID: 0041668183     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340812     Document Type: Review

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