Depreciation need not be arbitrary

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-194

  Lane, John ^a   Willett, Roger ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0010179334     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1997.9729543     Document Type: Article

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