The q-theory approach to understanding the accrual anomaly

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 177-223

  Wu, Jin ^a   Zhang, Lu ^b   Zhang, X Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

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EID: 74549135128     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2009.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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