Developing an international assurance standard on greenhouse gas statements

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-363

  Simnett, Roger ^a   Nugent, Michael ^b   Huggins, Anna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b IAASB ^*

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EID: 77349101829     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2009.23.4.347     Document Type: Article

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