On the myth of "Anglo-Saxon" financial accounting: A comment

International Journal of Accounting

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-104

  Nobes, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglo Saxon; Financial reporting; IASC; Myth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037348596     PISSN: 10944060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7063(02)00213-3     Document Type: Article

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