Accounting standards and the economics of standards

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-210

  Meeks, Geoff ^a   Peter Swann, G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economics of standards; International accounting regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349315449     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2009.9663360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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