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During the 1990s Greek auditors and branches of international accounting firms in Greece fought a veritable
professional war over the jurisdiction of statutory auditing. This intra-professional conflict developed against a
backdrop of profound changes in the socio-economic and political fabric of the country, along pro-liberal, free market
lines. This paper looks at a particular episode of that conflict––an attempt by the indigenous auditors to regain the
monopoly of practice they lost, following the ‘liberalisation’ of the Greek auditing profession in 1992. The paper argues
that Max Weber’s
doc_408382266.pdf
During the 1990s Greek auditors and branches of international accounting firms in Greece fought a veritable
professional war over the jurisdiction of statutory auditing. This intra-professional conflict developed against a
backdrop of profound changes in the socio-economic and political fabric of the country, along pro-liberal, free market
lines. This paper looks at a particular episode of that conflict––an attempt by the indigenous auditors to regain the
monopoly of practice they lost, following the ‘liberalisation’ of the Greek auditing profession in 1992. The paper argues
that Max Weber’s
doc_408382266.pdf