The effect of the private securities litigation reform act of 1995 on accounting discretion of client managers of Big 6 and non-Big 6 auditors

Auditing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-108

  Lee, Ho Young ^a   Mande, Vivek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditor wealth; Earnings management; Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142615898     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2003.22.1.93     Document Type: Article

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