Regulating Audit beyond the Crisis: A Critical Discussion of the EU Green Paper

European Accounting Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 431-457

  Humphrey, Christopher ^a   Kausar, Asad ^a   Loft, Anne ^b   Woods, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84855920701     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180.2011.597201     Document Type: Article

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