Political cost incentives for earnings management in the cable television industry

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 309-337

  Key, Kimberly Galligan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accruals; Earnings management; Political process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031280678     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(97)00012-8     Document Type: Article

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