Unit costs in central government annual reports: a critical appraisal of the practices developed

European Accounting Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-38

  Skærbæk, Peter ^a   Thisted, Jens Aaris ^a  

^a Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

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EID: 85026236340     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963818032000102999     Document Type: Article

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