Reliability of asset revaluations: The impact of appraiser independence

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 435-457

  Cotter, Julie ^a   Richardson, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset revaluations; Corporate governance; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846399945     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020763612369     Document Type: Article

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