Burks, Jeffrey J. - In: Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 29 (2010) 3, pp. 195-225
This study examines whether boards discipline CEOs and CFOs more severely for accounting restatements after passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). The disciplinary actions I focus on are job termination and reductions in bonus payouts. Boards have incentive to take the highly visible action of...