The size effect in the administration costs of charities

European Accounting Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 215-243

  Kähler, Jürgen ^a,c   Sargeant, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

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EID: 79959756532     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963818022000006870     Document Type: Article

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