An investigation of the value relevance of alternative foreign exchange disclosures;Une analyse de la pertinence que présentent pour l'évaluation les choix en matière d'information relative à la conversion des devises

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1027-1061

  Şabac, Florin ^a   Scott, Thomas W ^a   Wier, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foreign exchange; Translation adjustment; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544377985     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/4FHK-1A2U-EL9Q-QHDK     Document Type: Review

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