Accounting for changing prices: The value relevance of historical cost, price level, and replacement cost accounting in Mexico

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 177-200

  Gordon, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035613026     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-679X.00008     Document Type: Article

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