An international comparison of accounting-based payout restrictions in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-129

  Leuz, Christian ^a   Deller, Dominic ^a   Stubenrath, Michael ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0011322777     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1998.9728903     Document Type: Article

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