Persistence in capital budgeting reinvestment decisions - Personal responsibility antecedent and information asymmetry moderator: A note

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-86

  Schulz, Axel K D ^a   Cheng, Mandy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capital budgeting; Escalation of commitment; Information asymmetry; Management control systems; Personal responsibility; Self justification theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142679804     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-629X.00004     Document Type: Article

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