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Retracted: The Relationship between Perceived Tone at the Top and Earnings Quality*

2011; Wiley; Volume: 28; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1911-3846.2011.01100.x

1911-3846

James E. Hunton, Rani Hoitash, Jay C. Thibodeau,

Accounting and Organizational Management

Contemporary Accounting ResearchVolume 28, Issue 4 p. 1190-1224 Retracted: The Relationship between Perceived Tone at the Top and Earnings Quality* Retraction(s) for this article Retraction/Rétractation Volume 31Issue 4Contemporary Accounting Research pages: 937-938 First Published online: December 1, 2014 James E. Hunton, James E. Hunton Bentley UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorRani Hoitash, Rani Hoitash Bentley UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorJay C. Thibodeau, Jay C. Thibodeau Bentley UniversitySearch for more papers by this author James E. Hunton, James E. Hunton Bentley UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorRani Hoitash, Rani Hoitash Bentley UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorJay C. Thibodeau, Jay C. Thibodeau Bentley UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 18 April 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1911-3846.2011.01100.xCitations: 44 † Accepted by Steven Salterio. We would like to thank the experienced professionals who took the time to complete the experimental materials, along with Jean Bedard, Shane Dikolli, Udi Hoitash, Ganesh Krishnamoorthy, Daniel B. Thornton, Arnie Wright, Ari Yezegel, as well as workshop participants at Bentley University, Northeastern University, and the Philadelphia Accounting Research Colloquium (PARC) for their helpful suggestions. We also thank discussants at the 2010 Audit Section Midyear Conference, Julia Higgs, and the AAA Annual Meeting, Miguel Minutti-Meza. Finally, we thank the 2010 Contemporary Accounting Research conference discussant, Jean Bédard, the conference participants, the editor, Steve Salterio, and two anonymous referees for their insightful comments. 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