The Effects of Uncertainty Reporting on Lending Officers’ Perceptions of Risk and Additional Information Required

This laboratory experiment investigates the perceptions which lending officers in Singapore have of risk and the additional information required when a client's financial reports receive a ‘subject to’ audit qualification. Using thirtyone bank lending officers in Singapore as subjects and a repeatedmeasurements ANOVA design, the conclusions of this study are that lending officers’ perceptions of risk and their demand for additional information required both increase as a result of a ‘subject to’ audit qualification.