A perspective on the SEC's proposal to accept financial statements prepared in accordance with international financial reporting standards (IFRS) without reconciliation to U.S. GAAP

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-248

  Jamal, Karim ^a   Benston, George J ^a   Carmichael, Douglas R ^a   Christensen, Theodore E ^a   Colson, Robert H ^a   Moehrle, Stephen R ^a   Rajgopal, Shivaram ^a   Stober, Thomas L ^a   Sunder, Shyam ^a   Watts, Ross L ^a  

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EID: 46749136043     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2008.22.2.241     Document Type: Review

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