Infrastructure Reporting: Attitudes of Preparers and Potential Users

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 351-375

  Walker, R G ^a   Dean, G W ^a   Edwards, P J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

condition assessment; GASB 34; information dissemination; infrastructure; local government

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865963024     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2004.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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