Investor perceptions of an auditor's adverse internal control opinion

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-250

  Lopez, Thomas J ^a   Vandervelde, Scott D ^a   Wu, Yi Jing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit opinions; Internal control reporting; Mediation analysis; Perceived earnings quality; Sarbanes Oxley

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349120339     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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