Restoring public confidence in capital markets through auditor rotation

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-17

  Gates, Sandra K ^a   Jordan Lowe, D ^b   Reckers, Philip M j ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditors; Corporate governance; Laws and legislation; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845955207     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900710715611     Document Type: Article

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