The 150 Credit-hour Requirement and CPA Examination Pass Rates-A Four Year Study

Accounting Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-108

  Briggs, Gary P ^a   He, Lerong ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

150 h requirement; CPA examination; pass rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858309317     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2011.611345     Document Type: Article

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