CFO Fiduciary Responsibilities and Annual Bonus Incentives

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1061-1093

  Indjejikian, Raffi ^a   Matějka, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 68149112281     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2009.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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