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The Effect of Stock Market Listing on Real Earnings Management: Evidence From Algerian Companies

Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy
Volume 67 (2021): Issue 4 (December 2021)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ngoe-2021-0024 | Journal eISSN: 2385-8052 | Journal ISSN: 0547-3101
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Language: English
Page range: 96 - 107
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2021
Accepted on: Nov 1, 2021
Published on: Dec 30, 2021
Published by: University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Science
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
real earnings management,
stock market listing,
company size,
consolidation,
Algerian companies
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic policy,
Business management,
Management, organization, corporate governance,
Mathematics and statistics for economists,
Statistics

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