Incentives for managing accounting information: Property-liability insurer stock-charter conversions

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-251

  Mayers, David ^a   Smith Jr , Clifford W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 2942526848     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4367.2004.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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