Reshaping Public Sector Accounting: An International Comparative View

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 334-350

  Pina, Vicente ^a   Torres, Lourdes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Facultad de CCEE y Empresariales   (Spain)

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EID: 1642265990     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2003.tb00709.x     Document Type: Review

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