International GAAP differences: The impact on foreign analysts

Accounting Review

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 593-628

  Bae, Kee Hong ^a   Tan, Hongping ^b   Welker, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 46049090578     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2008.83.3.593     Document Type: Article

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