Experimental Research in Managerial Accounting

Handbooks of Management Accounting Research

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 415-444

  Sprinkle, Geoffrey B ^a   Williamson, Michael G ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 40749146998     PISSN: 17513243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1751-3243(06)01017-0     Document Type: Review

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