Loss underreporting and the auditing role of bank exams

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-177

  Gunther, Jeffery W ^a   Moore, Robert R ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting restatements; Auditing; Bank exams

Indexed keywords

EID: 28144439577     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-9573(03)00015-9     Document Type: Article

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