An exploratory examination of order effects on CPA exam passage timeliness

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 36, Issue , 2016, Pages 65-74

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

^a BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

CPA exam; order effects; timeliness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995426575     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2016.05.003     Document Type: Article

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