Conservative accounting principles, equity valuation and the importance of voluntary disclosures

British Accounting Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 361-381

  Skogsvik, Kenth ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 0032344989     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1997.0069     Document Type: Article

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