Economic consequences of alternative adoption rules for new accounting standards

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 543-568

  Amir, Eli ^a   Ziv, Amir ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0010971032     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1997.tb00540.x     Document Type: Article

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