Factors affecting the audit of revalued non-current assets: Initial public offerings and source reliability

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-170

  Goodwin, Jenny ^a   Trotman, Ken T ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asset revaluations; Auditor judgements; Independent valuer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040488299     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.1996.tb00304.x     Document Type: Article

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