"Political" Lobbying on proposed standards: A challenge to the IASB

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-54

  Zeff, Stephen A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0005695112     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2002.16.1.43     Document Type: Note

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