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AAI Commentary on Audit Industry Inquiries

April 15, 2011 Bernard Ascher
International , Monopolies , Unilateral Conduct , Vertical Restraints

AAI Senior Research Fellow Bernard Ascher provides an update on the Big 4 audit firms who are are back in the news in London and  Brussels where inquiries are questioning the role of the audit industry during  the financial crisis of 2008.

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