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16%OFFMark J. Nigrini - Benford´s Law: Applications for Forensic Accounting, Auditing, and Fraud Detection - 9781118152850 - V9781118152850
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Benford´s Law: Applications for Forensic Accounting, Auditing, and Fraud Detection

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Description for Benford´s Law: Applications for Forensic Accounting, Auditing, and Fraud Detection Hardcover. A powerful new tool for all forensic accountants, or anyone who analyzes data that may have been altered Benford's Law gives the expected patterns of the digits in the numbers in tabulated data such as town and city populations or Madoff's fictitious portfolio returns. Series: Wiley Corporate F&A. Num Pages: 330 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVF1; KFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 188 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
A powerful new tool for all forensic accountants, or anyone who analyzes data that may have been altered

Benford's Law gives the expected patterns of the digits in the numbers in tabulated data such as town and city populations or Madoff's fictitious portfolio returns. Those digits, in unaltered data, will not occur in equal proportions; there is a large bias towards the lower digits, so much so that nearly one-half of all numbers are expected to start with the digits 1 or 2. These patterns were originally discovered by physicist Frank Benford in the early 1930s, and have since ... Read more

  • Explores primary, associated, and advanced tests, all described with data sets that include corporate payments data and election data
  • Includes ten fraud detection studies, including vendor fraud, payroll fraud, due diligence when purchasing a business, and tax evasion
  • Covers financial statement fraud, with data from Enron, AIG, and companies that were the target of hedge fund short sales
  • Looks at how to detect Ponzi schemes, including data on Madoff, Waxenberg, and more
  • Examines many other applications, from the Clinton tax returns and the charitable gifts of Lehman Brothers to tax evasion and number invention

Benford's Law has 250 figures and uses 50 interesting authentic and fraudulent real-world data sets to explain both theory and practice, and concludes with an agenda and directions for future research. The companion website adds additional information and resources.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Corporate F&A
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781118152850
SKU
V9781118152850
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About Mark J. Nigrini
MARK J. NIGRINI, PHD, is a professor at The College of New Jersey where he teaches forensic accounting courses. His research involves advanced theoretical work on Benford's Law and the legal process surrounding fraud convictions. Nigrini is also the author of Forensic Analytics (Wiley), which describes tests to detect fraud, errors, estimates, and biases in financial data. He has been ... Read more

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