Overinvestment, subsequent earnings management, and CEO tenure

  1. Di Meo, Fabrizio
Revista:
Revista española de financiación y contabilidad

ISSN: 0210-2412

Año de publicación: 2014

Número: 163

Páginas: 217-240

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1080/02102412.2014.942152 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Revista española de financiación y contabilidad

Información de financiación

I acknowledge financial contribution from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [grant ECO2010-19314] and from the CAM-UC3M [grant CCG10-UC3M/HUM-4760].

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