Firm characteristics and voluntary management reports on internal control

Auditing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 25-39

  Bronson, Scott N ^a   Carcello, Joseph V ^b   Raghunandan, K ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Firm characteristics; Management reports on internal control

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749103928     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2006.25.2.25     Document Type: Article

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