Efficient funding: Auditing in the nonprofit sector

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 471-488

  Privett, Natalie ^a   Erhun, Feryal ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Audit contracts; Nonprofit sector; Operational transparency; Principal agent framework; Public sector; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE SELECTION; AUDIT CONTRACTS; NONPROFIT SECTOR; OPERATIONAL TRANSPARENCY; PRINCIPAL AGENTS; PUBLIC SECTOR;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 80054893386     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1110.0345     Document Type: Article

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