Positive Accounting: A Review Article
Accounting and Business ResearchPublished 1 September 1987
Geoffrey Whittington
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(1987). Positive Accounting: A Review Article. Accounting and Business Research: Vol. 17, No. 68, pp. 327-336.
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Economics, Econometrics and FinanceBusiness, Management and Accounting
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