Asset write-offs in the absence of agency problems

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 307-330

  Garrod, Neil ^a   Kosi, Urska ^b   Valentincic, Aljosa ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Agency problems; Asset impairment; Asset write offs; Economic incentives; Political costs; Private firms; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449095813     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2008.02078.x     Document Type: Article

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