Making imaginary worlds real: The case of expensing employee stock options

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 770-786

  Ravenscroft, Sue ^a   Williams, Paul F ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68149110348     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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