Concepts associated with the 'true and fair view': Evidence from Singapore

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-202

  Low, Chan Kee ^a   Koh, Hian Chye ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 33745031900     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1997.9729544     Document Type: Article

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