Information content of earnings in an unregulated market: The co-operative cotton mills of Lancashire, 1880-1900

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-190

  Toms, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0142003499     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2001.9729613     Document Type: Article

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