Auditor tenure and shareholder ratification of the auditor

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-314

  Dao, Mai ^a   Mishra, Suchismita ^a   Raghunandan, K ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 52649131396     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2008.22.3.297     Document Type: Article

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