Accounting in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 92-112

  Parker, R H ^a   Meehan, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountancy; Literature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104225     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513579910260012     Document Type: Review

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