Professional accounting standards and the public sector - A mismatch

Abacus

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-158

  Barton, Allan ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Public goods; Public sector accounting; Statements of Accounting Concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844562329     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2005.00173.x     Document Type: Review

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