Corporate lobbying on accounting standards: Methods, timing and perceived effectiveness

Abacus

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-237

  Georgiou, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; ASB; Lobbying

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944437276     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2004.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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