Does LIFO inventory accounting improve the income statement at the expense of the balance sheet?

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-109

  Jennings, Ross ^a   Simko, Paul J ^c   Thompson II, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0030096075     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2491333     Document Type: Article

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