An empirical analysis of auditor reporting and its association with abnormal accruals

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-165

  Butler, Marty ^a   Leone, Andrew J ^a   Willenborg, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal accruals; Audit firms; Audit opinions; Earnings management; Financial distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542458385     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2003.06.004     Document Type: Article

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