The effect of accounting firm mergers on the market for audit services: New Zealand evidence

Abacus

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-104

  Baskerville, Rachel ^a   Hay, David ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accounting; Auditing services; Mergers; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645072704     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2006.00186.x     Document Type: Review

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