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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816724103321

Titolo

Financial gatekeepers [[electronic resource] ] : can they protect investors? / / Yasuyuki Fuchita, Robert E. Litan, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo, : Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8157-2982-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FuchitaYasuyuki <1958->

LitanRobert E. <1950->

Disciplina

657/.30973

Soggetti

Financial statements - United States

Financial statements - Japan

Corporations - United States - Accounting

Corporations - Japan - Accounting

Disclosure of information - United States

Disclosure of information - Japan

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

Introduction / Yasuyuki Fuchita and Robert E. Litan -- Financial gatekeepers in Japan / Yasuyuki Fuchita ; comment by Paul Stevens -- How and why credit rating agencies are not like other gatekeepers / Frank Portnoy ; comment by Justin Pettit -- Maintaining the value and viability of auditors as gatekeepers under SOX : an auditing master proposal / Zoe-Vonna Palmrose ; comment by Peter Wallison -- Analyzing the analysts after the global settlement / Lesli Boni ; comment by George Perry -- Conclusion / John Coffee.

Sommario/riassunto

"Looks at the effectiveness and discusses the appropriateness for further refinement of frameworks designed by policymakers to strengthen investor confidence in corporate financial reporting, especially in the United States and Japan"--Provided by publisher.