Do Better-Performing Nongovernmental Organizations Report More Accurately? Evidence from Financial Accounts in Uganda
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AbstractWe use Benford’s Law to investigate inaccurate financial reports of a representative sample Ugandan nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). We find that 25% the provided informat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Economic Development and Cultural Change
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1539-2988', '0013-0079']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/703099