The effect of SOX section 404: Costs, earnings quality, and stock prices

Journal of Finance

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1163-1196

  Iliev, Peter ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953677346     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2010.01564.x     Document Type: Article

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