An investigation of the market's pricing of auditor competence: Evidence from PwC's Oscars blunder
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Audit quality; Auditor competence; Audit partner identification;All these keywords.
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- M42 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Auditing
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