This study examines changes in SEC enforcement and firm cooperation after the SEC introduced its new cooperation program in 2010. While previous research shows that the SEC penalized cooperative firms prior to 2010, our results suggest that after that year, it rewarded cooperation, especially...

This paper examines the interplay between the SEC and misconduct firms under the modified leniency program of 2010. In contrast to prior research that finds the SEC penalizes cooperative violators prior to 2010, we show that the Commission now rewards cooperation after 2010. The post-2010 change...