The FRC and accounting standard-setting: Should i still call Australia home?

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 13, Issue 29, 2003, Pages 17-26

  Howieson, Bryan ^a   Langfield Smith, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 28144433477     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2003.tb00216.x     Document Type: Letter

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