Earnings management under German GAAP versus IFRS

European Accounting Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 155-180

  van Tendeloo, Brenda ^a   Vanstraelen, Ann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84993015102     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963818042000338988     Document Type: Article

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