Luippold, Benjamin L.; Kida, Thomas; Piercey, M. David; … - In: Accounting, Organizations and Society 41 (2015) C, pp. 39-54
This study examines an aspect of earnings management that we refer to as audit management. We define audit management as a client’s strategic use of diversions to decrease the likelihood that auditors will discover earnings management during the audit. Specifically, we examine whether...