Earnings management and the contest to the controlan international analysis of family-owned firms

  1. Jara Bertín, Mauricio A.
  2. López Iturriaga, Félix Javier
Revista:
Revista española de financiación y contabilidad

ISSN: 0210-2412

Año de publicación: 2014

Número: 164

Páginas: 355-379

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1080/02102412.2014.965922 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Revista española de financiación y contabilidad

Información de financiación

The financial support of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (ECO2011-29144-C03-01) and Chilean Fondecyt Grant Nº 11110021 is gratefully acknowledged.

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