Error Cost and Auditors’ Termination Decisions

Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-123

  Menon, Krishnagopal ^a   Williams, David D ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042421193     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X9901400201     Document Type: Article

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