A European view on the legitimacy of accounting procedures: Towards a deliberative-accountability framework for analysis

Research in Accounting Regulation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-88

  Luthardt, Ulf ^a   Zimmermann, Jochen ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accounting standard setting; EU endorsement; IASB; Legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249218976     PISSN: 10520457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.racreg.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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