Auditor Expertise: Evidence from the Public Sector
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- Schelker, Mark, 2012. "Auditor expertise: Evidence from the public sector," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 116(3), pages 432-435.
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Keywords
public auditor; auditor expertise; auditor competence;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
- H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2009-10-03 (Accounting and Auditing)
- NEP-CTA-2009-10-03 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-PBE-2009-10-03 (Public Economics)
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