The Effect of Accounting Education and National Culture on Accounting Judgments: A Comparative Study of Anglo-Celtic and Chinese Culture

European Accounting Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-182

  Chand, Parmod ^a   Cummings, Lorne ^a   Patel, Chris ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84860306543     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180.2011.591524     Document Type: Article

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