Accounting Scandals in IPO Firms: Do Underwriters and VCs Help?

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1117-1181

  Agrawal, Anup ^a   Cooper, Tommy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649554797     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: 15309134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9134.2010.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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