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How audits moderate the effects of incentives and peer behavior on misreporting

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  • Cardinaels, Eddy

    (Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management)

  • Jia, Y.

    (Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management)

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  • Cardinaels, Eddy & Jia, Y., 2015. "How audits moderate the effects of incentives and peer behavior on misreporting," Other publications TiSEM 15e939fa-d6dd-4bda-824d-e, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
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