Accounting information and the prediction of farm non-viability

European Accounting Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-105

  Argilés, Josep M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

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EID: 85044985187     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713764592     Document Type: Article

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