The measurement of nineteenth century accounting error: Cases from the British coal industry 1864-1900

Accounting History

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-98

  Baldwin, Trevor J ^a   Berry, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting error; Asset; Capital; Consumption; Depreciation; Victorian

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344237668     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103237329900400105     Document Type: Article

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