Auditor economic incentives and going-concern opinions in a limited litigious continental European business environment: Empirical evidence from Belgium

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 171-186

  Vanstraelen, Ann ^a  

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EID: 0347733304     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2002.9728966     Document Type: Article

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