The determinants and value relevance of the choice of accounting for research and development expenditures in the United Kingdom

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-24

  Oswald, Dennis R ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

R D capitalization; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949178093     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2007.02060.x     Document Type: Article

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