Earnings Management? The Shapes of the Frequency Distributions of Earnings Metrics Are Not Evidence Ipso Facto
- 21 June 2005
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Accounting Research
- Vol. 43 (4) , 557-592
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-679x.2005.00182.x
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