Accounting standards and value relevance of financial statements: An international analysis

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 401-420

  Hung, Mingyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Accrual accounting; International financial reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005766079     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(01)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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