Files, Rebecca - In: Journal of Accounting and Economics 53 (2012) 1, pp. 353-374
leniency following a restatement. I explore whether cooperation with SEC staff and forthright disclosure of a restatement (e … controlling for restatement severity, I find that cooperation increases the likelihood of being sanctioned, perhaps because it … improves the SEC's ability to build a successful case against the firm. However, cooperation and forthright disclosures are …