Disclosure choices of foreign registrants in the United States

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-84

  Frost, Carol A ^a   Kinney Jr , William R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0030306388     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2491332     Document Type: Article

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