Determinants of hedge fund internal controls and fees

Accounting Review

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1887-1919

  Cassar, Gavin ^a   Gerakos, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedge funds; Internal controls; Investor fees; Restatements

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650651187     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.6.1887     Document Type: Review

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