How much will firms pay for earnings that do not exist? Evidence of taxes paid on allegedly fraudulent earnings

Accounting Review

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 387-408

  Erickson, Merle ^a   Hanlon, Michelle ^b   Maydew, Edward L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 2442692700     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2004.79.2.387     Document Type: Review

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