RAND Research Topic: Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002 2012-05-24T14:57:35Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/sarbanes-oxley-act-of-2002.html The Unintended Effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000118.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009 <p>Evaluates managerial perception of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, a stringent rules-based system widely considered the most comprehensive economic regulation since the New Deal.</p> What the Policy Community Should Know About Corporate Compliance, Ethics, and Misdeeds http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF258.html Apr 27, 2009 Apr 27, 2009 <p>Improving corporate compliance, ethics, and oversight has been a significant policy goal for the U.S. government for decades, and made more salient by the collapse of financial markets in late 2008. On March 5, 2009, RAND convened a conference in Washington, D.C., on the role and perspectives of corporate chief ethics and compliance officers in the detection and prevention of corporate misdeeds. </p> The Role of Public and Private Litigation in the Enforcement of Securities Laws in the United States http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD224.html Oct 1, 2008 Oct 1, 2008 <p>This dissertation analyzes the combination of federal and investors' class actions to enforce federal securities laws, as well as how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act disrupts joint public and private litigation to discipline self regulatory organizations like the national stock exchanges, and the effects of these attempted reforms on the market.</p> Do Benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley Justify the Costs? Empirical Evidence in the Case of Small Firms http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9295.html Nov 28, 2007 Nov 28, 2007 <p>This research brief summarizes the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on small firms based on a review of studies of relative compliance costs, stock-price reactions, and exit patterns from the public market.</p> RAND Study Shows Sarbanes-Oxley Act Had Short-Lived Effect on Small Businesses http://www.rand.org/news/press/2006/05/08.html May 8, 2006 May 8, 2006 May 8, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Shows Sarbanes-Oxley Act Had Short-Lived Effect on Small Businesses.