R&D budgets and corporate earnings targets

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-184

  Bange, Mary M ^a   De Bondt, Werner F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings management; G31; G32; Investing policy; R D budgets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001736546     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0929-1199(98)00006-6     Document Type: Article

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