The effect of experience on the use of irrelevant evidence in auditor judgment

Accounting Review

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-224

  Shelton, Sandra Waller ^a  

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Author keywords

Dilution effect; Experience; Irrelevant; Relevant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033240449     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.1999.74.2.217     Document Type: Article

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