New Zealand operating expense disclosure: The impact of international financial reporting standards on early adopters

Pacific Accounting Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-123

  Balshaw, Vanessa ^a   Lont, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Financial reporting; International standards; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857954710     PISSN: 01140582     EISSN: 20415494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01140581011074502     Document Type: Article

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