Executive overconfidence and the slippery slope to financial misreporting

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 311-329

  Schrand, Catherine M ^a   Zechman, Sarah L C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Earnings management; Executive overconfidence; Fraud

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857059462     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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