The impact of accounting conservatism on the compensation relevance of UK earnings

European Accounting Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 627-649

  O'connell, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

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EID: 41849083714     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180601102222     Document Type: Article

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