Debiasing the outcome effect: The role of instructions in an audit litigation setting

Auditing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 7-20

  Clarkson, Peter M ^a   Emby, Craig ^a   Watt, Vanessa W S ^a  

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Author keywords

Auditor negligence; Debiasing; Outcome bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038890212     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2002.21.2.7     Document Type: Article

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