Agency costs and audit quality: evidence from France

European Accounting Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 461-499

  Piot, Charles ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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EID: 24344438817     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713764630     Document Type: Article

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