Cherry picking, disclosure quality, and comprehensive income reporting choices: The case of property-liability insurers;Picorage, qualité de l'information et choix de présentation du résultat étendu: Le cas des assureurs de la responsabilité matérielle

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 655-692

  Lee, Yen Jung ^a   Petroni, Kathy R ^b   Shen, Min ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting choice; Comprehensive income; Earnings management; Property liability insurers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749341565     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/5QB8-PBQY-Y86L-DRYL     Document Type: Review

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