Accounting thought, practice and legislation: Early canadian evidence

Accounting History

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-142

  McWatters, Cheryl S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting textbooks; Accounting thought; Canadian accounting profession; Content analysis; Ontario Companies Act 1907

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957987175     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103237329800300205     Document Type: Article

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