Political influence and coexistence of a uniform accounting system and accounting standards: Recent developments in China

Abacus

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-218

  Zezhong Xiao, Jason ^a   Weetman, Pauline ^b   Sun, Manli ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Accounting; China; International; Standards; Uniform accounting system

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015534163     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2004.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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