Positive accounting theory, political costs and social disclosure analyses: A critical look

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 369-395

  Milne, Markus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0036084186     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cpac.2001.0509     Document Type: Article

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