Competition in auditing: Evidence from entry, exit, and market share mobility in Germany versus the Netherlands

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 385-404

  Buijink, Willem F J ^a   Maijoor, Steven J ^a   Meuwissen, Roger H G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 3042972821     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1998.tb00565.x     Document Type: Article

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