An empirical analysis of the decline in the information content of earnings following restatements

Accounting Review

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 519-548

  Wilson, Wendy M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Earnings response coefficient; Earnings restatement; Information content of earnings; Investor confidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949100229     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2008.83.2.519     Document Type: Article

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