The economic implications of corporate financial reporting

Journal of Accounting and Economics - Tập 40 Số 1-3 - Trang 3-73 - 2005
John R. Graham1, Campbell R. Harvey1,2, Shivaram Rajgopal3
1Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
2National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
3University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

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