In praise of Occam's Razor: A critique of the decomposition approach in IAS 32 to accounting for convertible debt

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-153

  Ma, Ronald ^a   Lambert, Cecilia ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77449106938     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1998.9728905     Document Type: Note

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