Accountable accountants

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 15, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 911-926

  Fuerman, Ross D ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditor risk; Enron Corporation; Public accounting firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142681562     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2003.03.003     Document Type: Article

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