The crisis of fair-value accounting: Making sense of the recent debate

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 826-834

  Laux, Christian ^a   Leuz, Christian ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 68149096645     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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