Some mysteries relating to the prudence principle in the Fourth Directive and in German and British law

European Accounting Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 361-373

  Evans, Lisa ^a   Nobes, Christopher ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002479433     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638189600000021     Document Type: Article

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