The global audit profession and the international financial architecture: Understanding regulatory relationships at a time of financial crisis

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 810-825

  Humphrey, Christopher ^a   Loft, Anne ^b   Woods, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 68249129504     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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