Mandatory adoption of iasb standards: Value relevance and country-specific factors

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-143

  Morais, Ana Isabel ^a   Curto, Jose Dias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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EID: 70350268379     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2009.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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