Auditing, earnings management, and international accounting issues at the Securities and Exchange Commission

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-297

  Turner, Lynn E ^a   Godwin, Joseph H ^a  

^a Securities and Exchange Commission's   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit committee; Earnings management; International accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040819057     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.1999.13.3.281     Document Type: Note

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