Further evidence on the auditor's going-concern report: The influence of management plans

Auditing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-28

  Behn, Bruce K ^a   Kaplan, Steven E ^a   Krumwiede, Kip R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Going concern opinion; Management plans; Sas no. 59

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040675572     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2001.20.1.13     Document Type: Article

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