Audit labor usage and fees under business risk auditing

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 729-760

  Bell, Timothy B ^a   Doogar, Rajib ^b   Solomon, Ira ^b  

^a KPMG LLP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 48249109549     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2008.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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