Why firms comply voluntarily with IAS: An empirical analysis with Swiss data

Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 216-245

  Dumontier, Pascal ^a   Raffournier, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0001054313     PISSN: 09541314     EISSN: 1467646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-646X.00038     Document Type: Article

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