Rani Hoitash

Bentley University - Department of Accountancy

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175 Forest Street

Waltham, MA 02452-4705

United States

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1.

Internal Control Quality and Audit Pricing Under The Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Feb 2007
Rani Hoitash, Udi Hoitash and Jean C. Bedard
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Northeastern University - Accounting Group and Bentley University - Department of Accountancy
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Internal control, Audit effort, Audit planning, Audit pricing

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Auditor Fees, Abnormal Fees and Audit Quality Before and after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Jan 2005
Ariel J. Markelevich, Rani Hoitash and Charles A. Barragato
Suffolk University, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Stony Brook University
Downloads 2,250 (6,235)
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Audit fees, non-audit fees, discretionary accruals, independence

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Internal Control Material Weaknesses and CFO Compensation

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 07 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Rani Hoitash, Udi Hoitash and Karla M. Zehms
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Northeastern University - Accounting Group and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Accounting and Information Systems
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CFO Compensation, Internal Controls, Corporate Governance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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Corporate Governance and Internal Control over Financial Reporting: A Comparison of Regulatory Regimes

Accounting Review, Vol. 84, No. 3, p. 839, 2009
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 29 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Udi Hoitash, Rani Hoitash and Jean C. Bedard
Northeastern University - Accounting Group, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Bentley University - Department of Accountancy
Downloads 1,995 (7,650)
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Internal controls, corporate governance, audit committee, financial expertise

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Measuring Accounting Reporting Complexity with XBRL

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 06 May 2014 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2018
Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 1,658 (10,397)
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Accounting Complexity, XBRL, Financial Reporting Quality, Restatements, Internal Controls, Audit Fees, Accruals

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Enterprise Risk Management Program Quality: Determinants, Value Relevance, and the Financial Crisis

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2012
Ryan J. Baxter, Jean C. Bedard, Rani Hoitash and Ari Yezegel
Boise State University, College of Business and Economics, Department of Accountancy, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Bentley University - Department of Accountancy
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Enterprise Risk Management,Firm value, Earnings Response Coefficient, Global financial crisis

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Audit Partner Identification and Characteristics: Evidence from U.S. Form AP Filings

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2018
Jenna Burke, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
University of Colorado at Denver, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 1,249 (16,225)
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PCAOB, Form AP: audit partner disclosure, partner characteristics, gender, busyness, education, social connections

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Industry Expertise on Corporate Boards

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2017
Olubunmi Faleye, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
Northeastern University - Finance Group, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 1,105 (19,519)
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Director qualifications, Industry expertise, Firm value, Corporate innovation,Real earnings management, R&D.

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The Costs of Intense Board Monitoring

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 18 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Olubunmi Faleye, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
Northeastern University - Finance Group, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
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Board committees, board monitoring, board advising, executive incentives, firm value

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Advisory Directors

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 17 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2013
Olubunmi Faleye, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
Northeastern University - Finance Group, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
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board advising, board committees, mergers and acquisitions, corporate innovation, firm value

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Earnings Quality and Price Quality

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Aug 2002
Rani Hoitash, Murugappa (Murgie) Krishnan and Srinivasan Sankaraguruswamy
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Yeshiva University and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Accounting
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irrational trading, measuring speculation, earnings quality, earnings response coefficients

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Chief Financial Officers as Inside Directors

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2013
Jean C. Bedard, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 793 (31,493)
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Chief financial officer, inside directors, board of directors, financial reporting quality

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Audit Pricing and Internal Control Disclosures Among Non-Accelerated Filers

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Audit Pricing and Internal Control Disclosures Among Non-Accelerated Filers

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Dec 2006
Jean C. Bedard, Udi Hoitash and Rani Hoitash
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Northeastern University - Accounting Group and Bentley University - Department of Accountancy
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Internal control, Audit effort, Non-accelerated, Audit pricing

Audit Pricing and Internal Control Disclosures Among Non-Accelerated Filers

Research in Accounting Regulations, Vol. 20, 2007
Posted: 12 Nov 2007
Jean C. Bedard, Udi Hoitash and Rani Hoitash
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Northeastern University - Accounting Group and Bentley University - Department of Accountancy

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Internal control, Audit effort, Sarbanes Oxley Section 302, Audit pricing

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Trust and Financial Reporting Quality

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2014
Jace Garrett, Rani Hoitash and Douglas F. Prawitt
Clemson University, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Brigham Young University
Downloads 650 (41,236)
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Trust; Information Sharing; Accruals; Internal Control; Misstatements

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The Role of Audit Committees in Managing Relationships with External Auditors after SOX: Evidence from the US

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Dec 2008
Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
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Audit Fees, auditor realignment, audit committee, corporate governance

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Do Accountants Make Better Chief Financial Officers?

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2016
Rani Hoitash, Udi Hoitash and Ahmet C. Kurt
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Northeastern University - Accounting Group and Bentley University - Department of Accountancy
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Chief financial officer; Accounting background; Risk aversion; Cost control; Investment; Financing activity; Firm value

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Auditor Response to Negative Media Coverage of Client Environmental, Social, and Governance Practices

Accounting Horizons, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2019
Jenna Burke, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
University of Colorado at Denver, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
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Negative media; ESG; RepRisk; risk of material misstatement; audit fees; auditor resignation

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Material Weakness Remediation and Earnings Quality: A Detailed Examination by Type of Control Deficiency

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Jean C. Bedard, Rani Hoitash, Udi Hoitash and Kim Westermann
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Northeastern University - Accounting Group and Bentley University
Downloads 502 (57,600)
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Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, Internal control, Material weakness, Remediation

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Do Sell-Side Analysts’ Qualifications Mitigate the Adverse Effects of Accounting Reporting Complexity?

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 26 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2019
Rani Hoitash, Udi Hoitash and Ari Yezegel
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Northeastern University - Accounting Group and Bentley University - Department of Accountancy
Downloads 481 (60,773)
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XBRL, accounting complexity, financial analysts’ performance, financial analysts’ expertise

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Evidence from the U.S. on the Effect of Auditor Involvement in Assessing Internal Control over Financial Reporting

International Journal of Auditing, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Jean C. Bedard, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
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Internal Controls, Sarbanes-Oxley, Section 302, Section 404, Non-accelerated filers, Auditor Quality, Audit Fees, Micro Auditors, International Regulation, Auditor Involvement

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An Input-Based Measure of Financial Statement Comparability

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2018
Rani Hoitash, Udi Hoitash, Ahmet C. Kurt and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Northeastern University - Accounting Group, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Financial Statement Comparability, Benchmarking, Analyst Forecasts, Credit Rating Agencies, XBRL

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Shareholder Elections of Audit Committee Members

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2018
Ronen Gal-Or, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 356 (86,856)
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Director Elections,Audit Committee,Financial Expertise,Internal Controls,Restatements

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SOX 404, Auditor Effort, and the Prevention of Financial Report Misstatements

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 22 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2017
Yuping Zhao, Jean C. Bedard and Rani Hoitash
University of Houston, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Bentley University - Department of Accountancy
Downloads 287 (110,231)
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Audit quality, internal controls, SOX 404(b), restatements, material weakness

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Auditor Task-Specific Expertise: The Case of Fair Value Accounting

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 12 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2019
Jaehan Ahn, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
Northeastern University - Accounting Group, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 245 (130,592)
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Auditor expertise, task-specific expertise, fair value, restatements, comment letters, value relevance, XBRL

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The Heterogeneity of Board-Level Sustainability Committees and Corporate Social Performance

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming, Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 2902122
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 21 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2018
Jenna Burke, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
University of Colorado at Denver, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
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Sustainability governance, environmental committee, corporate social performance, voluntary accountability; shared value creation, sustainability risk management

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The Efficacy of Shareholder Voting in Staggered and Non-Staggered Boards: The Case of Audit Committee Elections

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2015
Ronen Gal-Or, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 199 (158,774)
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Staggered Boards, Director Elections, Audit Committee, Proxy Advisors

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The Use and Characteristics of Component Auditors: Implications from U.S. Form AP Filings

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 05 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2019
Jenna Burke, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
University of Colorado at Denver, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads 195 (161,796)
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PCAOB, Form AP, component auditor, group audit, audit quality, audit fees, report timeliness; geographic barriers; cultural barriers

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Estimates of Parameters of a Kyle-Type Model Around Earnings Announcements

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Mar 2006
Yu Cong, Rani Hoitash and Murugappa (Murgie) Krishnan
Towson University, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Yeshiva University
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event study, market microstructure, earnings announcements

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Internal Audit Competency Changes in Response to Financial Reporting Quality Failures

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 22 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2019
Melissa Reville, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
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Internal Audit Function, Internal Audit Competency, Financial Reporting Quality, Material Weakness Disclosure, Restatements, LinkedIn

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What Can Employee Perceptions of Management Tell Us About the Relation Between Tone at the Top and Audit Production Costs?

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2019
Jace Garrett, Rani Hoitash and Douglas F. Prawitt
Clemson University, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Brigham Young University
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Tone at the top, Audit Pricing

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Evidence from the United States on the Effect of Auditor Involvement in Assessing Internal Control over Financial Reporting

International Journal of Auditing, Vol. 13, Issue 2, pp. 105-125, July 2009
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 16 Jun 2009
Jean C. Bedard, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
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Flu Season, Human Capital Resources, and Audit Outcomes

Posted: 24 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2019
Landi Morris and Rani Hoitash
Bentley University and Bentley University - Department of Accountancy

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audit report lag; non-timely filings; audit quality; discretionary accruals; material weaknesses; audit production costs; influenza

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Trust and Financial Reporting Quality

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 52, No. 5, 2014
Posted: 16 Nov 2014
Jace Garrett, Rani Hoitash and Douglas F. Prawitt
Clemson University, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Brigham Young University

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Trust; Information Sharing; Accruals; Internal Control; Misstatements

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Sustaining the Financial Value of Global CSR: Reconciling Corporate and Stakeholder Interests in a Less Regulated Environment

Business and Society Review, Vol. 119, Issue 1, pp. 95-124, 2014
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Mar 2014
Mark Blodgett, Rani Hoitash and Ariel J. Markelevich
Suffolk University - Sawyer School of Management, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Suffolk University
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Impact of XBRL on Adopters’ Financial Reporting Quality and Cost of Capital

Posted: 29 Aug 2013
Tien‐Shih Hsieh, Jean C. Bedard and Rani Hoitash
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth - Department of Accounting & Finance, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Bentley University - Department of Accountancy

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XBRL, Corporate governance, Financial reporting quality, Cost of capital

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The Trouble with Too Much Board Oversight

Sloan Management Review, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 52-56, Spring 2013, Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-15
Posted: 21 Mar 2013
Olubunmi Faleye, Rani Hoitash and Udi Hoitash
Northeastern University - Finance Group, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group

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Board Oversight, Firm Innovation, Firm Value, Board Advising

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Auditor Fees and Audit Quality

Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 22, No. 8, 2007
Posted: 01 Nov 2007
Rani Hoitash, Ariel J. Markelevich and Charles A. Barragato
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Suffolk University and Stony Brook University

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Auditor¿s fees, Auditors, Quality

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Internal Controls Quality and Audit Pricing Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Posted: 25 Jul 2007
Rani Hoitash, Udi Hoitash and Jean C. Bedard
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Northeastern University - Accounting Group and Bentley University - Department of Accountancy

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Internal control, Audit effort, Audit planning, Audit pricing

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Peer Based Approach for Analytical Procedures

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Vol. 25, pp. 53-84, November 2006
Posted: 28 Dec 2006
Rani Hoitash, Alex Kogan and Miklos A. Vasarhelyi
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Rutgers University and Rutgers Business School

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analytical procedures, data management, information sharing