The effect of auditor attestation and tolerance for ambiguity on commercial lending decisions

Auditing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 67-81

  Wright, Michael E ^a   Davidson, Ronald A ^a  

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Author keywords

Attestation; Lending decisions; Risk assessment; Tolerance for ambiguity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040568442     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2000.19.2.67     Document Type: Article

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