The Value Relevance of Financial Accounting Information in a Transition Economy: The Case of the Czech Republic

European Accounting Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-349

  Hellström, Katerina ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 84923096736     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180600916242     Document Type: Article

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