Auditor conservatism and reported earnings

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-32

  Chung, Richard ^a   Firth, Michael ^a   Kim, Jeong Bon ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 1542535276     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2003.9729629     Document Type: Article

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