The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Fair Value Mandate: Are Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Being Measured Accurately?
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عنوان ژورنال: Accounting and Finance Research
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1927-5994,1927-5986
DOI: 10.5430/afr.v7n2p33