Beyond commercial in confidence: Accounting for power privatisation in Victoria

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1258-1283

  Jacobs, Kerry ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditing; Australia; Electricity; Privatization; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949121111     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570910999300     Document Type: Article

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