Exploring an accounting paradigm: The cash account

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-35

  Arthur, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033070856     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cpac.1997.0195     Document Type: Article

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