Transparency, accounting knowledge and perceived fairness in UK universities' resource allocation: Results from a survey of accounting and finance

British Accounting Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-42

  Angluin, David ^b   Scapens, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0002079230     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1999.0119     Document Type: Article

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