Internal audit quality and earnings management

Accounting Review

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1255-1280

  Prawitt, Douglas F ^a   Smith, Jason L ^b   Wood, David A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal accruals; Analyst forecasts; Corporate governance; Earnings management; Internal audit function; Internal audit quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649090810     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2009.84.4.1255     Document Type: Article

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