Leading Indicator Variables, Performance Measurement, and Long-Term Versus Short-Term Contracts

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 837-866

  Dutta, Sunil ^a   Reichelstein, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0348158701     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-679X.2003.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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