Earnings management in family firms: Evidence from R&D cost capitalization in Italy

Family Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-88

  Prencipe, Annalisa ^a   Markarian, Garen ^b   Pozza, Lorenzo ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 39449137065     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2007.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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