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• Published date: 01 January 2021
• Date: 01 January 2021
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.22396

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Southeastern Louisiana University

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Università Bocconi

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College of Business

College of Charleston, Charleston

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Koppelman School of Business

Brooklyn College, CUNY,NY

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Duhok University,Iraq

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University of Tennessee,Chattanooga

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The Institute of Public Sector Economics

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University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Sigmund WeisSchool of Business

University of Susquehanna, Selinsgrove

Tom Pr yor

President

Integrated Cost Management Systems, Inc.

Dallas/Ft. Worth,Texas

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Assistant Professor of Accounting

Mitchell College of Business

University of South Alabama, Mobile

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Helmut Sohmen Professor of Corporate

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CoxSchoolofBusiness

Southern Methodist University,Dallas

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Department of Accounting

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Dr.CarolineD.Strobel

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Darla Moore School of Business

University of South Carolina, Columbia

Dr.ImenTebourbi

Assistant Professor of Finance

Canadian University in Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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