The reputation effects of earnings management in the internal labor market

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Kaplan, Steven E ^a   Ravenscroft, Susan P ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3943106100     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq200414330     Document Type: Article

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