Unintended consequences of granting small firms exemptions from securities regulation: Evidence from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 459-506

  Gao, Feng ^a   Wu, Joanna Shuang ^a   Zimmerman, Jerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 62649140764     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2009.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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