The influence of culture on accountants' application of financial reporting rules

Abacus

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-48

  Tsakumis, George T ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; Conservatism; Contingencies; Culture; IFRS; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846593357     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2007.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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