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Title

What every investor needs to know about accounting fraud / Jeff Madura.

Author

Madura, Jeff.

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2004], ©2004.

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Details

Description

vi, 164 pages; 23 cm

Alternative Title

Accounting fraud

Subjects

• Corporations > Accounting > Corrupt practices > United States
• Accounting fraud
• Corporations > Accounting > Corrupt practices > United States > Prevention

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Ch. 1. The Accounting Mess -- Pt. I. How Accounting Can Distort Stock Values -- Ch. 2. The Link Between Accounting and Stock Valuation -- Ch. 3. Background on Deceptive Accounting -- Ch. 4. How Accounting Can be Used to Inflate Revenue -- Ch. 5. How Accounting Can Deflate Expenses -- Ch. 6. How Accounting Can Inflate Growth -- Ch. 7. How Accounting Can Reduce Perceived Risk -- Ch. 8. How Accounting Can Contaminate Your Investment Strategies -- Pt. II. Accounting Controls: Out of Control -- Ch. 9. Why Auditing May Not Prevent Deceptive Accounting -- Ch. 10. Why Credit Rating Agencies May Not Prevent Deceptive Accounting -- Ch. 11. Why Analysts May Not Prevent Deceptive Accounting -- Pt. III. How Boards of Directors May Prevent Deceptive Accounting -- Ch. 12. Board Culture to Serve Shareholders -- Ch. 13. Board Mandate to Revise Executive Compensation Structure -- Ch. 14. Board Mandate to Report Stock Option Expenses -- Ch. 15. Board Efforts to Tame Corporate Executives -- Pt. IV. How Governance May Prevent Deceptive Accounting -- Ch. 16. Governance by the Financial Accounting Standards Board -- Ch. 17. Governance by the SEC -- Ch. 18. Governance Enforced by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act -- Ch. 19. Governance by Stock Exchanges -- Pt. V. How Investors Can Cope with Deceptive Accounting -- Ch. 20. Look beyond Earnings -- Ch. 21. Use a Long-Term Perspective -- Ch. 22. Don't Trust Anyone -- Ch. 23. Invest in Mutual Funds -- Ch. 24. Invest in Exchange-Traded Funds -- Ch. 25. Invest in Other Securities -- App. A. Investing in Individual Stocks -- App. B. The Danger of Initial Public Offerings.

ISBN

0071422765 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2003006581
• R1-422873

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries