The value of assurance on voluntary nonfinancial disclosure: An experimental evaluation

Auditing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-151

  Coram, Paul J ^a   Monroe, Gary S ^b   Woodliff, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assurance; Attribution theory; Nonfinancial performance indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249111173     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2009.28.1.137     Document Type: Article

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