Financial executive qualifications, financial executive turnover, and adverse SOX 404 opinions

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-110

  Li, Chan ^a   Sun, Lili ^b   Ettredge, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

CFO Turnover; Internal control; Professional qualifications; SOX 404

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950947816     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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