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  • Regulation and the Accounting Profession

Should Accounting Standards be Set inthe Public or Private Sector?

By: Robert S. Kaplan
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Keywords

Accounting; Standards; Public Sector; Private Sector; Decision Making

Citation

Kaplan, Robert S. "Should Accounting Standards be Set inthe Public or Private Sector?" In Regulation and the Accounting Profession, edited by John W. Buckley and J. Fred Weston, 178–195. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1980.

About The Author

Robert S. Kaplan

Accounting and Management
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