The implications of joint cost standards for charity reporting

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-23

  Roberts, Andrea Alston ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33644668841     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2005.19.1.11     Document Type: Article

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