Constructing an 'efficient frontier' of accounting journal quality

British Accounting Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-341

  Lowe, Alan ^a,b   Locke, Joanne ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Efficient frontier; Journal quality; Perception study; Risk; Web survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747339747     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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