Equity accounting: Empirical evidence and lessons from the past

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 16-26

  Vallely, Mark ^a   Stokes, Donald ^b   Liesch, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 33645048037     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.1997.tb00031.x     Document Type: Article

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