The determinants of managerial accounting policy choice: Further evidence for the UK

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-143

  Young, Steven ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0012682592     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1998.9728904     Document Type: Article

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