Objectives of financial reporting

Abacus

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 340-355

  Walker, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Concepts; Objectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844563991     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2003.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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