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Audit Partner Public-Client Specialisation and Client Abnormal Accruals

Kim IttonenDepartment of Accounting and Finance, University of Vaasa, PO Box 700, 65101Vaasa, Finland
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Karla JohnstoneWisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin– Madison, 975 University Avenue, Madison, WI53706, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Emma-Riikka MyllymäkiDepartment of Accounting and Finance, University of Vaasa, PO Box 700, 65101Vaasa, Finland
Pages 607-633 | Received 21 Nov 2011, Accepted 14 Feb 2014, Published online: 09 May 2014

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