Auditor liability rules under imperfect information and costly litigation: the welfare-increasing effect of liability insurance

European Accounting Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 371-385

  Ewert, Ralf ^a   Feess, Eberhard ^a   Nell, Martin ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0347712691     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180020017122     Document Type: Article

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