Mandatory IFRS adoption and the U.S. home bias

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 729-753

  Khurana, Inder K ^a   Michas, Paul N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Home bias; International accounting; International financial reporting standards; U.S. investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255193730     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch-50075     Document Type: Article

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