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Auditor Materiality Threshold and Audit Quality—Evidence from the Revised ISA 700 in the United Kingdom 审计师重要性门槛和审计质量——来自英国修订的ISA 700的证据

IF 2.5 4区管理学

Accounting Horizons Pub Date : 2023-07-10 DOI: 10.2308/horizons-2020-108

Beng Wee Goh, Jimmy Lee, Dandan Li, Na Li, Muzhi Wang

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