The impact of free cash flow, financial leverage and accounting regulation on earnings management in australia’s ‘Old’ and ‘New’ economies

Managerial Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 18-39

  Jones, Stewart ^a   Sharma, Rohit ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cash flow regulation; Earnings management; Old and New economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249087009     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350110767420     Document Type: Article

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