After Enron : lessons for public policy / edited by William A. Niskanen.

Other author Niskanen, William A., 1933-2011.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2005.
Descriptionx, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Enron Corp.--Corrupt practices.
Disclosure in accounting.
Corporations--Accounting. --United States.
Corporations--Auditing. --United States.
Corporations--Taxation.
Corporate governance--United States.

Contents A crisis of trust / William A. Niskanen -- Major private responses / William A. Niskanen -- Political responses to the Enron scandal / Alan Reynolds -- Don't count too much on financial accounting / William A. Niskanen -- Corporate accounting before and after Enron / George J. Benston -- Don't count too much on auditing / William A. Niskanen -- The formal audit process / George J. Benston and William A. Niskanen -- The market analysts / William A. Niskanen -- Public and private rule making in securities markets / Paul G. Mahoney -- Should Congress repeal securities class action reform? / Adam C. Pritchard -- The business press as a corporate monitor / Paul H. Weaver -- Lawyers as corporate monitors / R.T. McNamar -- Bankers as corporate monitors / R.T. McNamar -- The credit rating agencies / L. Jacobo Rodríguez -- The SEC as a corporate monitor / R.T. McNamar -- Our tax system is a major part of the problem / William A. Niskanen -- Compensation, journalism, and taxes / Alan Reynolds -- Replace the scandal-plagued corporate income tax with a cash-flow tax / Chris Edwards -- Corporate governance / William A. Niskanen -- Major policy lessons from the collapse of Enron / William A. Niskanen.
Local noteLiitle-351427--305131037622X
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004024939
ISBN0742544338 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HF5658 .A24 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold