The decision usefulness of reported cash flow and accrual information in a behavioural field experiment

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-135

  Sharma, Divesh S ^a   Iselin, Errol R ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 36448952392     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2003.9729639     Document Type: Article

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