Accounting Recognition and the Determinants of Pension Asset Allocation

Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-343

  Amir, Eli ^a   Benartzi, Shlomo ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84990375353     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X9901400309     Document Type: Review

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