The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Legal Implications and Research Opportunities

Research in Accounting Regulation

Volumn 19, Issue C, 2007, Pages 81-105

  Asare, Stephen Kwaku ^a   Cunningham, Lawrence A ^a   Wright, Arnold ^a  

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EID: 65249158622     PISSN: 10520457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-0457(06)19004-9     Document Type: Review

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