The Disposition of Audit-Detected Misstatements: An Examination of Risk and Reward Factors and Aggregation Effects

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-99

  Braun, Karen Wilken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation of errors; Audit adjustments; Independence; Materiality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002119268     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/U818-CAAD-MXBE-FXMA     Document Type: Article

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