The demand for external auditing: managerial share ownership, size, gearing and liquidity influences

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 160-168

  Tauringana, Venancio ^a   Clarke, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

External auditing; Gearing and liquidity; Shareholders; Size; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986043549     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900010322353     Document Type: Article

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