Accounting for public heritage facilities — assets or liabilities of the government?

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-236

  Barton, Allan D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Public and private goods; Public finance; Public sector accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173338     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570010323434     Document Type: Article

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