Purpose This study explores how auditors' emotions, specifically negative moods triggered by flight delays, impact auditing quality. Design/methodology/approach Utilizing flight delays during audit assignments as a mood indicator, weather conditions at departure airports serve as an instrumental...

When should travellers leave for the airport? This paper develops a model for optimal airport arrival timing when travellers face uncertain travel times and can potentially board earlier flights. We show that access to earlier flights creates a ``recourse option" that fundamentally changes...