Does Company Reputation Matter for Financial Reporting Quality? Evidence from Restatements

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 956-990

  Cao, Ying ^a   Myers, Linda A ^b   Omer, Thomas C ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866311437     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2011.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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