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- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1-3
- Pages
- 113-142
- Citations
- 584
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Flora Guidry,
Andrew J. Leone,
Steve Rock
(1999).
Earnings-based bonus plans and earnings management by business-unit managers.
Journal of Accounting and Economics
, 26
(1-3)
, 113-142.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-4101(98)00037-8
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- DOI
- 10.1016/s0165-4101(98)00037-8