The historian as auditor: Facts, judgments and evidence

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-156

  Napier, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009420552     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.29.2.131     Document Type: Article

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