Fair value accounting versus historical cost accounting: a theoretical framework for judgment in financial crisis
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عنوان ژورنال: Corporate Ownership and Control
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1810-3057,1727-9232
DOI: 10.22495/cocv11i1conf2p6