Regulating British corporate financial reporting in the late nineteenth century

Accounting, Business & Financial History

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 51-71

  Parker, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002500564     PISSN: 09585206     EISSN: 14664275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585209000000014     Document Type: Article

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