Agenda formation and accounting standards setting: Lessons from the standards setters

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 577-598

  Howieson, Bryan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting standards setting; Agenda formation; Financial reporting regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249134684     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2009.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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