The equity accounting saga in australia: Cyclical standard setting

Abacus

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-177

  Gordon, Isabel ^a   Morris, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Accounting standards; Cycles; Equity method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344561411     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.1996.tb00457.x     Document Type: Article

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