Credit default swap (CDS) and equity options markets often experience abnormal swings prior to the announcement of negative credit news. Option prices reveal information about such forthcoming adverse events at least as early as credit spreads, except for negative earnings announcements. Prior...

This paper examines the responses of North America academics to the recent wave of accounting and audit scandals. The paper suggests that the main response to these scandals can be divided into two big groups. The first one takes the position that the whole system works and the scandals are in...