Money talks: The language of the Rochester School

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 452-485

  Chabrak, Nihel ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Accounting theory; Deconstruction; Ideology; Neoliberalism; Positive accounting theory; Think tanks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858822627     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513571211209608     Document Type: Article

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