A review of research on regulation changes in the Asia-Pacific region

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 635-667

  Chang, Millicent ^a   Jackson, Andrew B ^b   Wee, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Corporate governance; Finance; Financial institutions; Regulation; Standard setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010430695     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acfi.12259     Document Type: Article

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