The Economics of Non Profit Accounting and Auditing: Suggestions for a Research Agenda

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 429-451

  Jegers, Marc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 3042820015     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8292.00199     Document Type: Article

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