Auditors' liability, vague due care, and auditing standards

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-207

  Schwartz, Rachel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing standards; Auditors' liability; Negligence; Vague due care

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749115255     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008220317852     Document Type: Article

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