Internal control and management guidance

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 190-209

  Feng, Mei ^a   Li, Chan ^a   McVay, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal control over financial reporting; Management forecast accuracy; Management guidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350392802     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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