Jurisdictional contests between accountants and lawyers: The case of off-balance sheet finance 1985-1990

Accounting History

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-29

  Pong, Christopher K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountants; Accounting regulation; Disputes; Lawyers; Off balance sheet finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345025853     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103237329900400102     Document Type: Article

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