Discussion of enforceable accounting rules and income measurement by early 20th century railroads

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 433-444

  Basu, Sudipta ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038062622     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-679X.00111     Document Type: Review

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