The audit risk model, business risk and audit-planning decisions

Accounting Review

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-298

  Houston, Richard W ^a   Peters, Michael F ^a   Pratt, Jamie H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Audit evidence; Audit fees; Audit risk model; Business risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033238442     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.1999.74.3.281     Document Type: Article

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