Do accounting faculty characteristics impact CPA exam performance? An investigation of nearly 700,000 examinations

Issues in Accounting Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 291-300

  Bline, Dennis M ^a   Perreault, Stephen ^b   Zheng, Xiaochuan ^a  

^a BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting program quality; CPA exam; Faculty specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976591901     PISSN: 07393172     EISSN: 15587983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/iace-51227     Document Type: Article

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