Material weakness remediation and earnings quality: A detailed examination by type of control deficiency

Auditing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-78

  Bedard, Jean C ^a,d   Hoitash, Rani ^a   Hoitash, Udi ^b   Westermann, Kimberly ^c  

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Internal control; Material weakness; Remediation; Sarbanes Oxley Section 404

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856995125     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-10190     Document Type: Article

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