Accounting and capital markets: a survey of the European evidence

European Accounting Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 119-151

  Dumontier, Pascal ^a   Raffournier, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84992991352     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180220124761     Document Type: Article

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