The impact of accounting restatements on CFO turnover and bonus compensation: Does securities litigation matter?

Advances in Accounting

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-171

  Collins, Denton ^a   Reitenga, Austin L ^b   Sanchez, Juan Manuel ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chief financial officers; Contracting penalties, Disciplinary actions; Earnings restatements; Executive compensation; Executive turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749157966     PISSN: 08826110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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