Corporate audits and how to fix them

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-210

  Ronen, Joshua ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952703754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.24.2.189     Document Type: Article

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