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The smoothing of pension expenses: a panel analysis

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  • Xiaowen Jiang, 2011. "The smoothing of pension expenses: a panel analysis," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 37(4), pages 451-476, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:rqfnac:v:37:y:2011:i:4:p:451-476
    DOI: 10.1007/s11156-010-0213-0
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    Keywords

    Pension accounting; Accounting standard; Panel data dynamic model; M41; G23; G28; C23;
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    JEL classification:

    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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