Do Control Effectiveness Disclosures Require SOX 404(b) Internal Control Audits? A Natural Experiment with Small U.S. Public Companies

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 413-448

  Kinney Jr , William R ^a   Shepardson, Marcy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 79953268891     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2011.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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