Do firms incur costs to avoid reducing pre-tax earnings? evidence from the accounting for low-income housing tax credits

Accounting Review

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 637-669

  Robinson, Leslie A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings management; Expense classification; Pre tax earnings; Tax credit

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951803079     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.2.637     Document Type: Article

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