Crisis and the consolidation of international accounting standards: Enron, the IASB, and America

Business and Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 69-88

  Eaton, Sarah B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting scandals; Enron; FASB; IASB; IFRS; International Relations theory; SEC; US GAAP

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344436246     PISSN: 14693569     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1137     Document Type: Review

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