Discretion in financial reporting: The voluntary adoption of fair value accounting for employee stock options

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-108

  Robinson, Dahlia ^a   Burton, Diane ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33751542568     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2004.18.2.97     Document Type: Article

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