Post-enron implicit audit reporting standards: Sifting through the evidence

Economist

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 389-403

  Sercu, Piet ^a   Bauwhede, Heidi ^a   Willekens, Marleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Andersen Data availability: All data are publicly available; Auditor reporting; Enron; Qualified modified opinion

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 33749032374     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-006-9016-z     Document Type: Article

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