Accounting standards, health care, and retired American workers: An institutional critique

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 423-439

  Hogler, Raymond L ^a   Hunt III, Herbert G ^a   Wilson, Paula A ^a  

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EID: 0030188172     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-3682(95)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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