SarbanesOxley Act, perceived earnings quality and cost of capital

Review of Accounting and Finance

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-231

  Chang, Hsihui ^a   Fernando, Guy D ^b   Liao, Woody ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of capital; Earnings; Legislation; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992933803     PISSN: 14757702     EISSN: 17587700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14757700910980831     Document Type: Article

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