Former audit firm personnel as CFOs: Effect on earnings management

Canadian Accounting Perspectives

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-142

  Dowdell, Thomas D ^a   Krishnan, Jagan ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accruals; CFOs; Earnings management; Former auditors

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642535007     PISSN: 14998653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/6RDR-AXNP-RH7A-U5J8     Document Type: Article

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