Debiasing framing effects in auditors' internal control judgments and testing decisions

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 55-77

  Emby, Craig ^a   Finley, David ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0012160375     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1997.tb00527.x     Document Type: Article

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