Auditor Compensation Pattern Of S&P 500 Corporations Before And After The Passage Of Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR)
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2157-8834,0892-7626
DOI: 10.19030/jabr.v23i2.1400