The content of accounting standards: Principles versus rules

British Accounting Review

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Bradbury, Michael E ^a   Schröder, Laura B ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Content analysis; Interest costs; Principles; Rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857689493     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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