Hidden Financial Risk: Understanding Off-Balance Sheet Accounting

by J. Edward Ketz

Book Overview

An insider's guide to understanding and eliminating accounting fraud
How do these high-profile accounting scandals occur and what could have been done to prevent them. Hidden Financial Risk fills that void by examining methods for off balance sheet accounting, with a particular emphasis on special purpose entities (SPE), the accounting ruse of choice at Enron and other beleaguered companies. J. Edward Ketz identifies the incentives for managers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471433764
• ISBN13: 9780471433767
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.4"