Voluntary management earnings forecasts and discretionary accruals: evidence from Danish IPOs

European Accounting Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-259

  Gramlich, Jeffrey D ^a   Sørensen, Ole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

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EID: 33748148829     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963818042000203338     Document Type: Article

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