Forging success: Soviet managers and accounting fraud, 1943-1962

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-64

  Harrison, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting fraud; Performance based incentives; Political markets; Soviet economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951721244     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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