Earnings management of firms reporting material internal control weaknesses under section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Auditing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-179

  Chan, Kam C ^a   Farrell, Barbara ^a   Lee, Picheng ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings management; Internal control; Sarbanes Oxley; Section 404

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350403379     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2008.27.2.161     Document Type: Article

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