Principals and agents in crisis: Reforms of accounting and audit at Lloyd's, 1982-1986

Accounting History

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 62-93

  Gwilliam, David ^a   Macve, Richard ^b   Meeks, Geoffrey ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Audit; Insurance; Lloyd's; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844522319     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103237320000500204     Document Type: Article

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