The association between auditor litigation and abnormal accruals

Accounting Review

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 111-126

  Heninger, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal accruals; Auditor litigation; Earnings management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035530720     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2001.76.1.111     Document Type: Article

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