The distribution of earnings relative to targets in the European Union

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-167

  Daske, Holger ^a   Gebhardt, Günther ^a   McLeay, Stuart ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845781976     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2006.9730019     Document Type: Article

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