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How America Permitted The Great Recession, Robert A. Moss Iii
How America Permitted The Great Recession, Robert A. Moss Iii
Honors Program Theses and Projects
Many people have thrown out many ideas as to how the Great Recession happened. Some blame the banks, some blame the system, and others blame the lawmakers. The truth is much more complicated, and many different events lined up to make it happen. The essential fact is that there would likely have been a recession in the 2000s as a result of the commodities price recession of the 90s. What made the recession bad enough to be called the Great Recession was the gradual de-regulation that occurred after Glass-Steagal. Primarily, this paper will deal with the laws surrounding the banking …
Determinants Of State Audit Delay: An Empirical Analysis, Mary Fischer, Treba Marsh
Determinants Of State Audit Delay: An Empirical Analysis, Mary Fischer, Treba Marsh
Faculty Publications
Prior audit delay studies concentrated on municipal government, counties and school districts. This study adds to the literature by examining the determinants of state governments’ timeliness of audit reports. Audit delay determinants found by previous municipal research are used to identify characteristics that may influence state audit delay. This study’s results suggest both agreement and contradiction of prior research audit delay determinants. Financial variables alone do not predict state government audit delay. However, a combination of financial and nonfinancial variables used in municipal audit delay studies do.