Qualified Audit Opinion, Accounting Earnings Management and Real Earnings Management: Evidence from Iran
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Economic and Financial Review
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2305-2147,2222-6737
DOI: 10.18488/journal.aefr/2015.5.1/102.1.46.57