Government concerns and tensions in accounting standard-setting: The case of accounting for the Private Finance Initiative in the UK

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-228

  Broadbent, Jane ^a,b,c   Laughlin, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27744584208     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2005.9729988     Document Type: Article

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