Financial accounting developments in the European Union: past events and future prospects

European Accounting Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 153-190

  Haller, Axel ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

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EID: 85006617631     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180220124770     Document Type: Article

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