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Changes in accounting policies and investment analysts' fixation on accounting figures

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  • Vergoossen, R. G. A., 1997. "Changes in accounting policies and investment analysts' fixation on accounting figures," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 22(6), pages 589-607, August.
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