Mandatory audit firm turnover, financial reporting quality, and client bargaining power: The case of arthur andersen

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 51-68

  Nagy, Albert L ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33751081838     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2005.19.2.51     Document Type: Article

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