Economic consequences of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 74-115

  Zhang, Ivy Xiying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Internal control; Non audit services; Sarbanes Oxley Act; Securities legislation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547096724     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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