Fair value or conservatism: The case of the gold industry

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1207-1233

  Wier, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fair value accounting; Revenue recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249111816     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/car.26.4.8     Document Type: Article

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