A Theory of the Published Accounts of Local Authorities

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-325

  Jones, Rowan ^a   Pendlebury, Maurice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

financial accounting; local government; published accounts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749172668     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0267-4424.2004.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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