How should the auditors be audited? Comparing the PCAOB Inspections with the AICPA Peer Reviews

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 104-108

  DeFond, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditors; PCAOB; Peer Reviews; Regulation; Sarbanes Oxley

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949096280     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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