Insider trading, litigation concerns, and auditor going-concern opinions

Accounting Review

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 365-393

  Chen, Chen ^a   Martin, Xiumin ^b   Wang, Xin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Going concern opinion; Insider trading; Litigation risk; SOX

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880118713     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-50347     Document Type: Article

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