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LIFO inventory accounting : effects on corporate profits, inventory-sales ratios, and inventory investment

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  • John R. Walter

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  • Walter A. Varvel & John R. Walter, 1978. "LIFO inventory accounting : effects on corporate profits, inventory-sales ratios, and inventory investment," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, vol. 64(Jul), pages 18-27.
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