Did SOX section 404 make firms less opaque? Evidence from cross-listed firms

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1133-1165

  Arping, Stefan ^a   Sautner, Zacharias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84884724393     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2012.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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