Relative value relevance of the successful efforts and full cost accounting methods in the oil and gas industry

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-28

  Bryant, Lisa ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative accounting methods; Oil and gas accounting; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843068762     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022645521775     Document Type: Article

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