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Using delegation and control systems to mitigate the trade-off between the performance-evaluation and belief-revision uses of accounting signals

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  • Narayanan, V. G.
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  • Narayanan, V. G. & Davila, Antonio, 1998. "Using delegation and control systems to mitigate the trade-off between the performance-evaluation and belief-revision uses of accounting signals," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 25(3), pages 255-282, June.
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