Auditor-government associations and auditor independence in China

British Accounting Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-189

  Yang, Lloyd ^a   Tang, Qingliang ^b   Kilgore, Alan ^c   Yi Hong, Jiang ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

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EID: 0347746417     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.2001.0162     Document Type: Article

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