Political cost influences on income smoothing via extraordinary item classification

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-253

  Godfrey, Jayne M ^a   Jones, Kerrie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Foster's Brewing Group Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Classificatory smoothing; Extraordinary items; Income smoothing; Political costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007011526     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-629X.00025     Document Type: Article

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