Enforcement of Accounting Standards in Europe: Capital-Market-Based Evidence for the Two-Tier Mechanism in Germany

European Accounting Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-281

  Hitz, Jörg Markus ^b   Ernstberger, Jürgen ^a   Stich, Michael ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84861939232     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180.2011.641727     Document Type: Article

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