The impact of introducing estimates of the future on international comparability in earnings expectations

European Accounting Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 511-534

  Dargenidou, Christina ^a   McLeay, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956502478     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180.2010.496550     Document Type: Article

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