Resignations by the big 4 and the market for audit services

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-109

  Rama, Dasaratha V ^a   Read, William J ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33751558096     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2006.20.2.97     Document Type: Article

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