Allocations of sunk capacity costs and joint costs in a linear principal-agent model

Accounting Review

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 419-432

  Hemmer, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Estimated net realizable value; Linear principal agent models; Performance measure design; Standard costing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030305180     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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