The Effect of Type of Internal Control Report on Users' Confidence in the Accompanying Financial Statement Audit Report

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 152-175

  Asare, Stephen Kwaku ^a   Wright, Arnold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859486199     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2011.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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