Audit lags in Scottish local authority financial reporting / Asmah Abdul Aziz and David Heald

Timeliness has been regularly identified as an essential characteristic of effective financial reporting, in both the public and private sectors. This paper systematically investigates the timeliness of Scottish local authority financial reports over the study period 1989-90 to 1995-96. It considers...

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Main Authors: Abdul Aziz, Asmah, Heald, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Accountancy & Accounting Research Institute (ARI) 2004
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13798/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13798/1/AJ_ASMAH%20ABDUL%20AZIZ%20MAR%2004.pdf