Attitudes towards uniform accounting: Cultural or economic phenomena?

Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-142

  Roberts, Clare B ^a   Salter, Stephen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 2542444805     PISSN: 09541314     EISSN: 1467646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-646X.00047     Document Type: Article

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