The importance of account relations when responding to interim audit testing results;L'importance des relations entre les comptes dans la réaction aux résultats des tests intermédiaires

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 789-821

  Vandervelde, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Account relations; Audit planning; Interim evidence; Profit pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749329564     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/FCRW-18UC-1LRB-PHJA     Document Type: Review

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