Accounting treatment of inherent versus incentive uncertainties and the capital structure of the firm

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-176

  Liang, Pierre Jinghong ^a   Zhang, Xiao Jun ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33645152986     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2006.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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