Have IFRS made a difference to intra-country financial reporting diversity?

British Accounting Review

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-38

  Jones, Stewart ^a   Finley, Aimee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b KPMG Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Financial reporting diversity; IFRS

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952448899     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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