Does mandatory adoption of IFRS improve accounting quality? Preliminary evidence

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1344-1372

  Ahmed, Anwer S ^a   Neel, Michael ^b   Wang, Dechun ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 84890862491     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2012.01193.x     Document Type: Article

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