Can Government Policies Induce Earnings Management Behavior? -Evidence from Chinese Public Listed Firms

Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-207

  Hu, Nan ^a   Li, Xu ^b   Liu, Ling ^a   Qi, Baolei ^c   Tian, Gaoling ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84868005488     PISSN: 09541314     EISSN: 1467646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jifm.12000     Document Type: Article

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