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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455833003321

Titolo

Following the money [[electronic resource] ] : the Enron failure and the state of corporate disclosure / / George Benston ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, c2003

ISBN

1-280-81269-9

9786610812691

0-8157-0891-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BenstonGeorge J

Disciplina

657.3

657/.95/0973

Soggetti

Disclosure in accounting - United States

Corporations - United States - Accounting

Corporations - United States - Auditing

Accounting - Standards - United States

Financial statements - United States

Capital market - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The crisis in corporate disclosure -- What's wrong-and right-with corporate accounting and auditing in the United States -- Fixing corporate disclosure -- Disclosure challenges ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

This text focuses on the disjunction between national systems of corporate disclosure and the global character of capital markets. It offers recommendations for decision-makers on the accounting and reporting reforms necessary to improve disclosure in international equities trading.