How Do Look-Back Analyses and Evidence Specificity Affect Auditors' Planning Judgments?
Author(s) -
Ann G. Backof,
Roger D. Martin,
Jane M. Thayer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the accounting review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.678
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1558-7967
pISSN - 0001-4826
DOI - 10.2308/tar-2016-0660
Subject(s) - audit , reliability (semiconductor) , incentive , estimation , consistency (knowledge bases) , affect (linguistics) , actuarial science , psychology , walk through test , accounting , business , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , economics , internal audit , external auditor , communication , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , power (physics) , physics , management , microeconomics
During a look-back analysis, auditors review prior-period evidence to understand estimation inaccuracies and assess the reliability of management's estimation process. We find that evidence specifi...
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