Transfer prices and incentive contracts in vertically-integrated divisionalized companies

European Accounting Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-286

  Slof, Eric John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 36849059980     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096381899336032     Document Type: Article

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