In pursuit of legitimacy: A history behind fair value accounting

British Accounting Review

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-323

  Georgiou, Omiros ^a   Jack, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting bases; Fair value; Legitimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255192021     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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