Cross-country Differences in Reporting Practices – the Case of Provisions for Liabilities

• Authors: Klimczak Katarzyna
• Languages of publication: EN

Keywords

EN

financial reporting; liabilities; provisions; cross-country differences; reporting practices

• Publisher: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
• Journal: Journal of Management and Business Administration. Central Europe
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 20-33

Dates

published

2017-09-15

Contributors

author

Klimczak Katarzyna

• Warsaw School of Economics

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7206/jmba.ce.2450-7814.201