Task experience as a predictor of superior loan loss judgments

Auditing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 147-155

  Wright, William F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Audit judgment; Banking; Experience; Loan collectibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038584656     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2001.20.1.147     Document Type: Article

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