Understanding assurance services reports: A user perspective

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-232

  Roebuck, Peter ^a   Simnett, Roger ^a   Ho, Hui Lin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Assurance reports; Assurance services; Expectations gap; Internal control reporting; Reporting on prospective information

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142581670     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-629X.00045     Document Type: Article

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