Going concern opinions and the market's reaction to bankruptcy filings

Accounting Review

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-128

  Chen, Kevin C W ^a   Church, Bryan K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Audit qualifications; Bankruptcy; Capital markets; Going concern

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029715263     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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