Detecting Deceptive Discussions in Conference Calls

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 495-540

  Larcker, David F ^a   Zakolyukina, Anastasia A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859829845     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2012.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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