Labor unemployment insurance and earnings management
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Earnings management; Unemployment risk; Rank and file employees; Labor unemployment insurance; M41; J01;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
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