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... SEC We thank İrem Tuna and two anonymous referees for feedback that has significantly improved this paper. We also appreciate helpful comments by Sudipta Basu, Zahn Bozanic, Qiang Cheng (discussant), Steve Dimmock, Huasheng Gao, Gerald Hoberg, Steve Huddart, Roby Lehavy, Greg Miller...

...Matthew Kubic ABSTRACT The ability to detect misreporting is an important aspect of financial reporting regulation. I derive a measure of SEC error detection rates using information from comment letter reviews. Conditional on the SEC issuing a comment letter, I find that the review team detects...

... and Exchange Commission ( SEC 2006 ) regulation that mandated public firms to disclose their governance policies on related-party transactions (RPTs). RPTs represent a transfer of resources, services, or obligations between a reporting entity and a related party that usually refers to any executives, board...

...Zahn Bozanic; Preeti Choudhary; Kenneth J. Merkley ABSTRACT We examine whether securities lawyers involved in SEC comment letter inquiries act as client advocates by resisting disclosure changes or as gatekeepers by encouraging disclosure transparency. Consistent with an advocacy role, we find...

... 2012 2013 IFRS adoption convergence SEC This study investigates to what degree the U.S. stock market reacted to public events associated with the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by domestic U.S. firms. On April 24, 2007...