The effect of stage of development and financial health on auditor decision behavior in the going-concern task

Auditing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-54

  Rosman, Andrew J ^a   Seol, Inshik ^a   Biggs, Stanley F ^a  

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Author keywords

Computer process tracing; Configural processing; Financial health; Going concern judgment; Stage of development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002524838     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.1999.18.1.37     Document Type: Article

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