Ann G. Backof

University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce

P.O. Box 400173

Charlottesville, VA 22904-4173

United States

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The Importance of Clarification of Auditors’ Responsibilities Under the New Audit Reporting Standards

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The Importance of Clarification of Auditors’ Responsibilities Under the New Audit Reporting Standards

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2020
Ann G. Backof, Kendall Bowlin and Brian M. Goodson
University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce, University of Mississippi - Patterson School of Accountancy and Clemson University
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Auditor liability; audit report; reasonable assurance; critical audit matter

The Importance of Clarification of Auditors’ Responsibilities Under the New Audit Reporting Standards

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 29 Aug 2022
Ann G. Backof, Kendall Bowlin and Brian M. Goodson
University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce, University of Mississippi - Patterson School of Accountancy and Clemson University

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auditor liability, audit report, reasonable assurance, critical audit matter

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How Do Look-Back Analyses and Evidence Specificity Affect Auditors’ Planning Judgments?

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming (Doi.org/10.2308/tar-2016-0660)
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 29 Feb 2020
Ann G. Backof, Roger D. Martin and Jane M. Thayer
University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce and Georgia Institute of Technology
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Look-back analysis, Complex estimates, Prior-period evidence, Estimation inaccuracy direction

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CSR Restatements and the Contagion Effect: An Experimental Investigation of Issue Materiality and Intent

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 03 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2020
Ann G. Backof, Eric Michael Negangard, Eric Michael Negangard and Jennifer Winchel
University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce, University of VirginiaUniversity of Virginia and University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce
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corporate social responsibility, restatements, disclosure transparency, materiality

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Can restructuring the risk assessment process improve group auditors’ sensitivity to component-level qualitative risk?

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2022
Ann G. Backof, Brant E. Christensen, Steven M. Glover and Jaime J. Schmidt
University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University and University of Texas at Austin
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Group audit planning decisions; decomposition theory; information acquisition theory; note-taking; audit risk assessment

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Auditing Complex Estimates: How Do Construal Level and Evidence Formatting Impact Auditors’ Consideration of Inconsistent Evidence?

Contemporary Accounting Research, Volume 35, Issue 4 (2018)
Posted: 16 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2019
Ann G. Backof, Tina Carpenter and Jane M. Thayer
University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce, University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business and Georgia Institute of Technology

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Auditors; complex estimates; fair value; presentation format; professional skepticism

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The Impact of Audit Evidence Documentation on Jurors’ Negligence Verdicts and Damage Awards

Accounting Review, Vol. 90, No. 6, 2015
Posted: 10 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2016
Ann G. Backof
University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce

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audit documentation, auditor liability, culpable control model, damage awards

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Do Auditor Judgment Frameworks Help in Constraining Aggressive Reporting? Evidence under More Precise and Less Precise Accounting Standards

Accounting, Organizations and Society, Forthcoming
Posted: 09 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2021
Ann G. Backof, E. Michael Bamber and Tina Carpenter
University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce, University of Georgia and University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business

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auditing, accounting standard precision, judgment frameworks, psychological distance and abstract mindsets