“A witches' dance of numbers”: Fictional portrayals of business and accounting transactions at a time of crisis

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-199

  Evans, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiction; Germany; History; Hyperinflation; Literature

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349237809     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570910933933     Document Type: Article

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