Sequence as explanation: The international politics of accounting standards

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 639-664

  Posner, Elliot ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

European union as a global actor; International accounting standards (IAS); International accounting standards board (IASB); International financial reporting standards (IFRS); Private authority; Sequencing; Transatlantic relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957783967     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692291003723748     Document Type: Article

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