Information asymmetry and accounting conservatism: Does analyst coverage moderate the results?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of International Studies
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2071-8330,2306-3483
DOI: 10.14254/2071-8330.2018/11-3/15