The Sarbanes-Oxley act and corporate investment: A structural assessment

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 291-305

  Kang, Qiang ^a   Liu, Qiao ^b   Qi, Rong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Investment Euler equation; Investment implied discount rate; Sarbanes Oxley Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951203892     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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