The auditor's slippery slope: An analysis of reputational incentives

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 924-937

  Corona, Carlos ^a   Randhawa, Ramandeep S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Game theory; Reputation; Sequential equilibrium

Indexed keywords

AUDIT SERVICES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SEQUENTIAL EQUILIBRIUM;

MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 77953518505     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1166     Document Type: Article

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