The impact of standard setting on relevance and reliability of accounting information: Lower of cost or market accounting reforms in China

Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 194-228

  Yang, Ziyun ^a   Rohrbach, Kermit ^b   Chen, Shimin ^c  

^a East China Branch of State Grid Power Company State Grid Co Ltd   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 27844525005     PISSN: 09541314     EISSN: 1467646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-646X.2005.00117.x     Document Type: Review

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