Accounting standards, implementation guidance, and example-based reasoning

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 699-730

  Clor Proell, Shana ^a   Nelson, Mark W ^a  

^a The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

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EID: 34547229640     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2007.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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