The effect of misstatements on decisions of financial statement users: An experimental investigation of auditor materiality thresholds

Auditing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-27

  Tuttle, Brad ^a   Coller, Maribeth ^a   Plumlee, R David ^a  

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Author keywords

Decision making; Financial misstatements; Materiality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012193847     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2002.21.1.11     Document Type: Article

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