Accounting for the city

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-324

  Lapsley, Irvine ^a   Miller, Peter ^b   Panozzo, Fabrizio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accounting; Cities; Corporate governance; Public sector organizations; Scotland

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952143160     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513571011034316     Document Type: Article

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