Are investors confused by restatements after sarbanes-oxley?

Accounting Review

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 507-539

  Burks, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting changes; Accounting errors; Regulation; Restatements; Sarbanes Oxley act

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955574286     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.00000017     Document Type: Article

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