Mandating IFRS in an Unfavorable Environment: The Greek Experience

International Journal of Accounting

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 304-332

  Karampinis, Nikolaos I ^a   Hevas, Dimosthenis L ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conditional conservatism; Greece; IFRS; Reporting incentives; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052424238     PISSN: 00207063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intacc.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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