Convergence to international financial reporting standards: The case of Turkey

International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 127-139

  Simga Mugan, Can ^a   Hosal Akman, Nazli ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Convergence; IAS; IFRS; Turkish accounting standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747268137     PISSN: 17408008     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAAPE.2005.006895     Document Type: Article

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