Fair value accounting and the management of the firm

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-415

  Barlev, Benzion ^a   Haddad, Joshua Rene ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0038036876     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1045-2354(02)00139-9     Document Type: Review

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