Environmental uncertainty and managers' use of discretionary accruals

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-205

  Ghosh, Dipankar ^a   Olsen, Lori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58249087589     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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