Financial reporting quality and price competition among nonprofit firms

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2699-2713

  Thornton, Jeremy P ^a   Belski, William H ^a  

^a SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FINANCIAL MARKET; FIRM OWNERSHIP; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 77954914726     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840801964583     Document Type: Article

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