The Association Between Auditor Litigation and Abnormal Accruals
Author:
- William G. HeningerWHWilliam G. Heninger
Preprint
- 1 January 2001
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
Concern that earnings management erodes the quality of financial reporting has prompted the Securities and Exchange Commission to question the role of the exterKeywords
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