Proactive financial reporting enforcement and shareholder wealth

Journal of Accounting and Economics - Tập 69 - Trang 101267 - 2020
Hans B. Christensen1, Lisa Yao Liu1, Mark Maffett1
1University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, 5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, USA

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