Pre fraud: some firms' charateristics

The paper specifically examines the pre fraud firms’ characteristics for over 3 years before fraud occurred. Selections of companies were made from Securities Commissions’ enforcement actions released between the years 2000 until 2008. A matched pair sampling was made with the control group, and 192...

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Main Author: Puat Nelson, Sherliza
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
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Published: 2012
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/25166/5/Pre_Fraud_Izmir_dec_30-5.pdf
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description The paper specifically examines the pre fraud firms’ characteristics for over 3 years before fraud occurred. Selections of companies were made from Securities Commissions’ enforcement actions released between the years 2000 until 2008. A matched pair sampling was made with the control group, and 192 firms’ observations were made. Findings revealed that there were decreased in cash flow as well as lesser number of board sizes during the three years before the fraud for fraud firms. In addition, roles of independent directors may lessen the impact of fraud.
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spelling iium-251662013-03-25T07:42:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/25166/ Pre fraud: some firms' charateristics Puat Nelson, Sherliza H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences The paper specifically examines the pre fraud firms’ characteristics for over 3 years before fraud occurred. Selections of companies were made from Securities Commissions’ enforcement actions released between the years 2000 until 2008. A matched pair sampling was made with the control group, and 192 firms’ observations were made. Findings revealed that there were decreased in cash flow as well as lesser number of board sizes during the three years before the fraud for fraud firms. In addition, roles of independent directors may lessen the impact of fraud. 2012 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25166/4/sherliza_-_icef.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25166/5/Pre_Fraud_Izmir_dec_30-5.pdf Puat Nelson, Sherliza (2012) Pre fraud: some firms' charateristics. In: International Conference on Economics & Finance, 27-28 April 2012, Izmir, Turkey. (Unpublished)
spellingShingle H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences
Puat Nelson, Sherliza
Pre fraud: some firms' charateristics
title Pre fraud: some firms' charateristics
title_full Pre fraud: some firms' charateristics
title_fullStr Pre fraud: some firms' charateristics
title_full_unstemmed Pre fraud: some firms' charateristics
title_short Pre fraud: some firms' charateristics
title_sort pre fraud: some firms' charateristics
topic H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/25166/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/25166/4/sherliza_-_icef.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/25166/5/Pre_Fraud_Izmir_dec_30-5.pdf