Rhetoric in standard setting: The case of the going-concern audit

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-100

  Masocha, Walter ^a   Weetman, Pauline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditing standards; Going concern value; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847361896     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570710731218     Document Type: Article

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