The influence of conservatism and secrecy on the interpretation of verbal probability expressions in the Anglo and Latin cultural areas

International Journal of Accounting

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-261

  Doupnik, Timothy S ^a   Riccio, Edson Luiz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Culture; IFRSs; Probability expressions; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748086062     PISSN: 00207063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intacc.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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