Has accounting quality increased in Europe after IFRS adoption?

Journal title FINANCIAL REPORTING
Author/s Bernard Raffournier
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2013/2 Language English
Pages 8 P. 71-78 File size 578 KB
DOI 10.3280/FR2013-002005
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Bernard Raffournier, Has accounting quality increased in Europe after IFRS adoption? in "FINANCIAL REPORTING" 2/2013, pp 71-78, DOI: 10.3280/FR2013-002005