Congressional intervention in the standard-setting process: An analysis of the stock option accounting reform act of 2004

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-22

  Farber, David B ^a   Johnson, Marilyn F ^b   Petroni, Kathy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 39049154884     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2007.21.1.1     Document Type: Article

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