Audit-firm portfolio characteristics and client financial reporting quality

European Accounting Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-270

  Gaeremynck, Ann ^a   Van Der Meulen, Sofie ^b   Willekens, Marleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 47349104645     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180701705932     Document Type: Article

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