Auditing in the United States: A historical perspective

Abacus

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-39

  Flesher, Dale L ^a   Previts, Gary John ^b   Samson, William D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Corporate governance; History

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944443253     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2005.00167.x     Document Type: Review

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