The market reaction to auditor resignations

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-108

  Dunn, John ^a   Hillier, David ^a   Marshall, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 29244470921     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1999.9729572     Document Type: Article

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