Underfunding pension obligations while paying dividends: Evidence of risk transfers

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 515-530

  Bean, David F ^a   Bernardi, Richard A ^b  

^a IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345856720     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cpac.1999.0406     Document Type: Article

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