How wide is the gap between IASC and U.S. GAAP? impact of the IASC comparability project and recent international developments

Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 133-164

  Street, Donna L ^a   Gray, Sidney J ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparability Project; Harmonization; IASC; International accounting standards; U.S. GAAP

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042786161     PISSN: 10619518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1061-9518(99)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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