Private interests and the EU-US dispute on audit regulation: The role of the European accounting profession

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 436-459

  Eberle, Dagmar ^a   Lauter, Dorothee ^b  

^a Mercator Research Center Ruhr   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 84857088426     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2010.499798     Document Type: Article

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