Auditor choices and auditor reporting practices: evidence from Finnish small firms

European Accounting Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 441-465

  Sundgren, Stefan ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

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EID: 84968789411     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096381898336376     Document Type: Article

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