Governance structures and accounting at large municipalities

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-230

  Giroux, Gary ^a   McLelland, Andrew J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Disclosure; Financial condition; Government regulation; Governmental accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038330763     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4254(03)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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