Detecting Earnings Management: A New Approach

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-334

  Dechow, Patricia M ^a   Hutton, Amy P ^b   Kim, Jung Hoon ^c   Sloan, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859876692     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2012.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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