Non-audit services and auditor independence: some evidence from Ireland

European Accounting Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 401-419

  Canning, Mary ^a   Gwilliam, David ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993028990     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096381899335853     Document Type: Article

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