Can audit partners predict subordinates' ability to detect errors?

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1241-1264

  Messier Jr , William F ^a,b   Owhoso, Vincent ^c   Rakovski, Carter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^c NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 54249099220     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2008.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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