National and office-specific measures of auditor industry expertise and effects on audit quality

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 647-686

  Reichelt, Kenneth J ^a   Wang, Dechun ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953044764     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2009.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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