Experimental evidence of how prior experience as an auditor influences managers' strategic reporting decisions

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-87

  Bowlin, Kendall O ^a   Hales, Jeffrey ^b   Kachelmeier, Steven J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Experience; Experimental economics; Own payoff effect; Reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149489201     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-008-9077-0     Document Type: Article

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