Auditor liability and client acceptance decisions

Accounting Review

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 261-285

  Laux, Volker ^a   Newman, D Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditor liability; Client acceptance decisions; Client risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149177665     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.1.261     Document Type: Review

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