Impact of stakeholder characteristics on voluntary dissemination of interim information and communication of its level of assurance

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 667-691

  Chen, Lei ^a   Carson, Elizabeth ^a   Simnett, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Interim information; Review; Stakeholder characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949035792     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2007.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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