RETRACTED: Ownership Property, Product Market Competition and Auditor Choice

Lihua Liu

Management School of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jhrss.2016.43020                

Abstract

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Keywords

Ownership Property, Product Market Competition, Auditor Choice

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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