Audit pricing following mergers of accounting practices: Evidence from Hong Kong

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-213

  Firth, Michael ^a   Lau, Thomas ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33845656025     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2004.9729964     Document Type: Article

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