The "Incomplete revelation hypothesis" and financial reporting

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-243

  Bloomfield, Robert J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0742276590     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2002.16.3.233     Document Type: Note

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