The use of financial accounting information and firm performance: An empirical quantification for farms

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 251-264

  Argilés, Josep M ^a   Slof, E John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 33845304105     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2003.9729653     Document Type: Article

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