An income strategy approach to the positive theory of accounting standard setting/choice

This paper is designed to provide additional evidence on the positive theory of accounting policy choice by combining individual accounting principles into firm income strategies. These strategies were the dependent variable in a probit analysis where the independent variables were size, management...

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Published in:Journal of accounting & economics 1981-08, Vol.3 (2), p.129-149
Main Authors: Zmijewski, Mark E., Hagerman, Robert L.
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