Earnings management using real activities: Evidence from nonprofit hospitals

Accounting Review

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1605-1630

  Eldenburg, Leslie G ^a   Gunny, Katherine A ^b   Hee, Kevin W ^c   Soderstrom, Naomi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings management; Nonprofit organizations; Real operating decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155206258     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-10095     Document Type: Article

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