Does legislation or form of association influence the harmonization of accounting? A study of accounting in the Swedish water and sewage sector

Utilities Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 248-260

  Tagesson, Torbjörn ^a  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accounting; Agency theory; Form of association; Harmonization; Institutional theory; Legislation

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; LEGISLATION; WATER INDUSTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34548828274     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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