Overvaluation and earnings management

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1652-1663

  Gupta, Manu ^b  

^a Daniel)   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Discretionary accruals; Earnings management; Overvaluation; Overvalued equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349244027     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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