An investigation into the measurement of graph distortion in financial reports

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-160

  Mather, Dineli ^b   Mather, Paul ^a   Ramsay, Alan ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 23844465281     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2005.9729670     Document Type: Article

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