Managing audits to manage earnings: The impact of baiting tactics on an auditor's ability to uncover earnings management errors

This study examines an aspect of earnings management that I refer to as audit management. I define audit management as a client's strategic use of techniques (e.g., baiting tactics) to prevent auditors from discovering earnings management during the audit. Specifically, I examine whether two ba...

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Main Author: Luippold, Benjamin Labrie
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2009
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3379984