Elections and discretionary accruals: Evidence from 2004

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 445-475

  Ramanna, Karthik ^a   Roychowdhury, Sugata ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77951967262     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2010.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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