An approach for measuring the degree of comparability of financial accounting information

European Accounting Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 465-485

  Krisement, Vera M ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

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EID: 0008708684     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713764728     Document Type: Article

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