Minimizing cost of continuous audit: Counting and time dependent strategies

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-75

  Pathak, Jagdish ^a   Chaouch, Ben ^a   Sriram, Ram S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of continuous audits; Database auditing; Information assurance; Renewal theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144270380     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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