Readability of financial statement footnotes of Kuwaiti corporations

European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences

Volumn , Issue 8, 2007, Pages 18-28

  Hewaidy, Aly M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

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EID: 37549035016     PISSN: 14502275     EISSN: 14502275     Source Type: Journal    
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