Interpretations of probability expressions by New Zealand standard setters

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 16-23

  Laswad, Fawzi ^a   Mak, Y T ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 0009917338     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
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