An example of creative accounting in public sector: The private financing of infrastructures in Spain

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 963-986

  Benito, Bernardino ^a   Montesinos, Vicente ^b   Bastida, Francisco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Creative accounting; Infrastructures; PFI; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049086467     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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