How are earnings managed? An examination of specific accruals;Comment les résultats sont-ils gérés? L'examen de constatations précises

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 461-491

  Marquardt, Carol A ^a   Wiedman, Christine I ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earnings management; Equity offerings; Meeting benchmarks; Specific accruals

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042677644     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/G4YR-43K8-LGG2-F0XK     Document Type: Article

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