Users' perceptions of the need for cash flow statements — Australian evidence

European Accounting Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 653-672

  Yap, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 84993057209     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638189700000006     Document Type: Article

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