The use and representational faithfulness of graphs in Australian IPO prospectuses

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-83

  Mather, Paul ^a   Ramsay, Alan ^a   Steen, Adam ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

GDI; Graphs; Prospectuses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986159888     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570010316144     Document Type: Article

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