SEC enforcement: Does forthright disclosure and cooperation really matter?

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 353-374

  Files, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

AAERs; Accounting restatements; Cooperation; SEC enforcement actions; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857064850     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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