Early adoption of SFAS No. 159: Lessons from games (Almost) played

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-199

  Henry, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 77349115197     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2009.23.2.181     Document Type: Article

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