Equity incentives and long-term value created by SG&A expenditure

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 794-830

  Banker, Rajiv D ^a   Huang, Rong ^b   Natarajan, Ramachandran ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 80052675796     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2011.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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