Earnings management to exceed thresholds

Journal of Business

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-33

  Degeorge, François ^a   Patel, Jayendu ^a   Zeckhauser, Richard ^a  

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EID: 0001897473     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209601     Document Type: Article

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