Inventory Accounting Method and Earnings-Price Ratios

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 419-436

  Dhaliwal, Dan S ^a   Guenther, David A ^b   Trombley, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0013255710     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1999.tb00589.x     Document Type: Article

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