Cross listing, bonding and firms' reporting incentives: A discussion of Lang, Raedy and Wilson (2006)

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 285-299

  Leuz, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonding; Cross listing; Earnings quality; Enforcement; Ownership structure; Reconciliation; U.S. GAAP

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746877156     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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