Non-proportionality in ratios: An alternative approach

British Accounting Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-230

  Trigueiros, Duarte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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EID: 0031234508     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1996.0042     Document Type: Article

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