SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Stock Employee Compensation Trust (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016 shares
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Unallocated shares not included in the weighted average number of common shares outstanding	2,500,000

Stock Employee Compensation Trust, Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share

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