Achieving high quality, comparable financial reporting: A review of independent enforcement bodies in Australia and the United Kingdom

Abacus

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 438-473

  Brown, Philip ^a,b   Tarca, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; ASIC; Australian Securities and Investments Commission; Enforcement; Financial reporting; Financial Reporting Review Panel; FRRP; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248981352     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2007.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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