Inertia in the attributional content of annual accounting narratives

European Accounting Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-32

  Aerts, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 13644280435     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180122562     Document Type: Article

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