Audit pricing in the pension plan audit market

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-98

  Cullinan, Charles P ^a  

^a BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20444390571     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1997.9729536     Document Type: Article

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