IFRS Policy Changes and the Continuation of National Patterns of IFRS Practice

European Accounting Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 343-371

  Kvaal, Erlend ^a   Nobes, Christopher ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052528797     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180.2011.611236     Document Type: Article

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