An examination of long-lived asset impairments

Accounting Review

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 823-852

  Riedl, Edward J ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Impairments; Long lived assets; SFAS 121; Write offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943097960     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2004.79.3.823     Document Type: Article

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