Teform of accounting education in the post-enron Era: Moving accounting ‘out of the shadows’

Abacus

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 342-378

  Amernic, Joel ^a   Craig, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Curricula; Education; Enron; George W. Bush; Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749607189     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2004.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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