Using the securities and exchange commission's "plain English" guidelines to improve accounting students' writing skills

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-67

  Reinstein, Alan ^a   Houston, Melvin ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Readability

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642320606     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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