Auditor switching and the great depression

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 39-62

  Richardson, Alan J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84978887431     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.33.2.39     Document Type: Article

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