Mandatory accounting disclosure by small private companies

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-413

  Arruñada, Benito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business simplification; Company accounts; Credit registries; Financial disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053563441     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10657-010-9145-3     Document Type: Article

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