Does it add up? Early evidence on the data quality of XBRL filings to the SEC

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-306

  Debreceny, Roger ^a   Farewell, Stephanie ^b   Piechocki, Maciej ^c   Felden, Carsten ^d   Gräning, André ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c International Accounting Standards wCommittee Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^d TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 77953543965     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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