Do the SEC's enforcement preferences affect corporate misconduct?

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-278

  Kedia, Simi ^a   Rajgopal, Shiva ^b  

^a RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance; Enforcement; Information asymmetry; Restatement; SEC

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953029068     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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