Securities Fraud, 1996-2001 : Incentive Pay, Governance, and Class Action Lawsuits.

Wang seeks to explain why one company committed securities fraud only during certain years and why some companies had a higher propensity to commit securities fraud. He finds evidence linking executive incentive compensation to securities fraud. Some corporate governance measures may also play a rol...

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Main Author: Wang, Ke, 1972 November 6-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010.
Series:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Table of Contents:
  • Defining securities fraud
  • Theorizing securities fraud: a complex and inadequately researched phenomenon
  • Explaining securities fraud: an integrated conceptual model
  • Finding the deviant corporations: research methods and data
  • Incentive compensation: a source of securities fraud
  • Corporate governance : a fraud-preventing process depending on context
  • Controlling securities fraud : policy implications.