The politics of accounting standard-setting: A review of empirical research

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 523-551

  Gipper, Brandon ^a   Lombardi, Brett J ^a   Skinner, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; economic consequences; FASB; lobbying; politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890051487     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0312896213510713     Document Type: Article

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