Do more reputable financial institutions reduce earnings management by IPO issuers?

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 982-1000

  Lee, Gemma ^a   Masulis, Ronald W ^b,c  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings management; IPO; Propensity score matching; Underwriting; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957663450     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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