Theoretical reflections on the use of students as surrogate subjects in behavioral experimentation

Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages 243-263

  Walters York, Melissa ^a   Curatola, Anthony P ^a  

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