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Auditors' internal control opinions: do they influence judgments about investments?

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of internal control opinions on individuals' judgments about investments. Design/methodology/approach - The approach used is a behavioral experiment where risk assessments and judgments about investments are made for four internal control opinion scenarios. Findings - The results indicate that the type of internal control opinion made no difference for either risk assessments or investment decisions. Research limitations/implications - Participants are provided with data sets that do not contain all of the information they may acquire when they make actual investment decisions. Also, there is a lack of real consequences for making good or poor investment decisions. Practical implications - The type of internal control opinion has no effect on risk assessments or investing intentions. Thus, other considerations apparently dominate internal control opinions when making judgments about investments. Originality/value - This is the first paper to examine whether intentions to invest might be affected by internal control opinions.

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  • Arnold Schneider, 2009. "Auditors' internal control opinions: do they influence judgments about investments?," Managerial Auditing Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 24(8), pages 709-723, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:majpps:02686900910986376
    DOI: 10.1108/02686900910986376
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