Human capital, age and job stability: Evidence from Spanish certified auditors (1976-1988)

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-312

  Carrera, Nieves ^a   Carmona, Salvador ^b   Gutiérrez, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Audit market; Auditors; Entrepreneurship; Human capital theory; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149093054     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2008.9663343     Document Type: Article

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