Earnings management using asset sales: An international study of countries allowing noncurrent asset revaluation

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 25, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1287-1317

  Black, Ervin L ^a   Sellers, Keith F ^a   Manly, Tracy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0038405154     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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