How can we measure the costs and benefits of changes in financial reporting standards?

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-327

  Schipper, Katherine ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital market effects of changes in accounting standards; Cost benefit analysis; Financial reporting standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959688212     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: 21594260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2010.9663406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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