Audit regulation in Belgium: Overregulation in a limited capital market oriented country?

Auditing, Trust and Governance: Regulation in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 19-41

  Vanstraelen, Ann ^a,b   Willekens, Marleen ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84857086498     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203936016     Document Type: Chapter

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