Discussion of "the audit committee oversight process": Advocating openness in accounting research

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-134

  Gendron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 62949189503     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/car.26.1.4     Document Type: Note

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