To swear early or not to swear early? An empirical investigation of factors affecting CEOs' decisions

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-160

  Lobo, Gerald J ^a   Zhou, Jian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO CFO certification; Firm size; Institutional holdings; Quality of earnings

Indexed keywords

EID: 16844366713     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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