The impact of impending corporate failure on the incidence and magnitude of discretionary accounting policy changes

British Accounting Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-153

  Sharma, Divesh ^a   Stevenson, Peta Alana ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031161749     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1996.0040     Document Type: Article

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