Valuation-based accounting research: Implications for financial reporting and opportunities for future research

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-32

  Barth, Mary E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting standard setting; Financial reporting; Valuation research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001936299     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-629X.00033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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