Audit quality and the going-concern decision-making process: Spanish evidence

European Accounting Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 597-620

  Ruiz Barbadillo, Emiliano ^a   Gómez Aguilar, Nieves ^a   De Fuentes Barberá, Cristina ^b   García Benau, María Antonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 33745459337     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963818042000216820     Document Type: Article

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