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Baruch College at the City University of New York
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University of Warwick
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Loyola Marymount University
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Presbyterian University Mackenzie
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Suffolk University
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Texas A&M International University
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Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
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São Paulo
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Cairo University
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Orman, Giza 12613
EGYPT
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University of Southern Queensland
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University of Waikato
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University of Melbourne
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University of Wollongong
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
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Babes-Bolyai University
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Montesquieu Bordeaux IV University
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Pan-African University
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Kyoto University
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Chicago State University
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Chicago IL 60628-1598
USA
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David and Ashley Dill Distinguished Professor of Accounting
Murray State University
College of Business
351 Business Building
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USA
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Department of Accounting & Information Systems
Newark, NJ 07102
USA