Understanding accounting academic research : before and after Sarbanes-Oxley /

"The Enron and WorldCom scandals, amongst others, prompted several regulatory overhauls including those provided for under the law widely known as Sarbanes-Oxley. This was the most dynamic period in terms of regulatory reforms to accounting and financial reporting save possibly the 1930's...

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Main Authors: Moehrle, Stephen R. (Author), Moerhle, Jennifer Reynolds (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bingley : Emerald, 2013.
Series:Studies in the development of accounting thought ; 15.
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Summary:"The Enron and WorldCom scandals, amongst others, prompted several regulatory overhauls including those provided for under the law widely known as Sarbanes-Oxley. This was the most dynamic period in terms of regulatory reforms to accounting and financial reporting save possibly the 1930's. In this monograph, we summarize and synthesize a decade of academic research to place these changes into context in terms of necessity and relative success." -- back cover.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:283 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN:9781781907641 (hbk.)
1781907641 (hbk.)