Tax-exempt organization financial data: Availability and limitations

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-128

  Gordon, Teresa P ^a   Greenlee, Janet S ^b   Nitterhouse, Denise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0344463570     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.1999.13.2.113     Document Type: Article

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