Firm acquisitions and earnings management: Evidence from Greece

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 663-678

  Koumanakos, Evangelos ^a   Siriopoulos, Costas ^b   Georgopoulos, Antonios ^b  

^a BANK OF GREECE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Earnings; Greece

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344487210     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900510611212     Document Type: Article

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