Learning by doing and audit quality;L'apprentissage par la pratique et la qualité de la vérification

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-30

  Beck, Paul J ^a   Wu, Martin G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Advisory effects; Audit engagement risk; Business risk evolution; Learning; Nonaudit services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645660737     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/AXU4-Q7Q9-3YAB-4QE0     Document Type: Article

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