Legal inforcement, short maturity debt, and the incentive to manage earnings

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 619-639

  Gupta, Manu ^a   Khurana, Inder K ^b   Pereira, Raynolde ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 56749095723     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590128     Document Type: Article

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