Discussion of "judging audit quality in light of adverse outcomes: Evidence of outcome bias and reverse outcome bias"

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 275-282

  Lipe, Marlys Gascho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 41449098789     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/car.25.1.11     Document Type: Note

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