PCAOB inspections of smaller CPA firms: Initial evidence from inspection reports

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-152

  Hermanson, Dana R ^a   Houston, Richard W ^b   Rice, John C ^c  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Kroger Patient Care Center   (United States)

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EID: 41849106139     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2007.21.2.137     Document Type: Article

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