SOX section 404 material weakness disclosures and audit fees

Auditing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-114

  Raghunandan, K ^a   Rama, Dasaratha V ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845791499     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2006.25.1.99     Document Type: Article

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