Reducing restatements with increased industry expertise

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 729-765

  Chin, Chen Lung ^a   Chi, Hsin Yi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accounting restatements; Audit firm industry specialist; Partner industry specialist

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249125309     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/car.26.3.4     Document Type: Article

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