Did earnings conservatism increase for former andersen clients?

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-163

  Krishnan, Gopal V ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthur andersen; Asymmetric timeliness; Big four; Capital markets; Conservatism; Earnings return relation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247566989     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X0702200205     Document Type: Article

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