Detecting falsified financial statements: a comparative study using multicriteria analysis and multivariate statistical techniques

European Accounting Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 509-535

  Spathis, Ch ^a   Doumpos, M ^b   Zopounidis, C ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 84896207836     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963818022000000966     Document Type: Article

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