Investor perceptions of financial misconduct: The heterogeneous contamination of bystander firms

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 169-194

  Paruchuri, Srikanth ^a   Misangyi, Vilmos F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84923821510     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0704     Document Type: Article

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