Repoliticalization of accounting standard setting-The IASB, the EU and the global financial crisis

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 567-580

  Bengtsson, Elias ^a  

^a SVERIGES RIKSBANK   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accounting standard setting; Global financial crisis; IASB; Power struggles

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051594452     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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