Relevant financial reporting questions not asked by the accounting profession

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 489-505

  Hendrickson, Harvey ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032186493     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cpac.1998.0258     Document Type: Article

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