Effects of press coverage, information repetition and source reliability on audit opinion.

• Main Authors: Cheong, Lin Hui., Tan, Jacqueline Zi Yin., Zou, Xiao Hui.
• Other Authors: Tan, Seet Koh
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Auditing
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9621
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Archival studies found that negative press coverage of an audit client increased the likelihood that auditors would issue a going-concern modified opinion. This study examines the potential influence of the analysts' comments, repetition of the same information with different source reliability...