Government-Linked Investment Companies and Real Earnings Management: Malaysian Evidence
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Financial Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1923-4031,1923-4023
DOI: 10.5430/ijfr.v10n3p299