Reporting discretion and the choice of fresh start values in companies emerging from chapter 11 bankruptcy

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-73

  Lehavy, Reuven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Fresh start; Reporting discretion

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649155167     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017979514078     Document Type: Article

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