The social construction of financial statement elements under Private Finance Initiative schemes

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 372-396

  Rutherford, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Private finance; Social economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180790     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570310482336     Document Type: Article

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