Public accounting fudges towards EMU: A first empirical survey and some public choice considerations

Public Choice

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 59-84

  Dafflon, Bernard ^a   Rossi, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033440857     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018311911605     Document Type: Article

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