The European IFRS experiment: Objectives, research challenges and some early evidence

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-266

  Pope, Peter F ^a   McLeay, Stuart J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enforcement; Harmonisation; IASB; IFRS; Incentives; Policy relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054820445     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: 21594260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2011.575002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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