LARGE ACCOUNTING FIRMS' SURVEY REVEALS EMERGENCE OF "TWO STANDARD" SYSTEM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Advances in International Accounting

Volumn 17, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-29

  Street, Donna L ^a   Larson, Robert K ^a  

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EID: 8744224734     PISSN: 08973660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-3660(04)17001-3     Document Type: Review

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