Fair-value pension accounting

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-358

  Hann, Rebecca N ^a   Heflin, Frank ^b   Subramanayam, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Capital markets; Pensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 35549010174     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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