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Extraordinary items and income smoothing: a positive accounting approach

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Extraordinary items and income smoothing: a positive accounting approach. / Beattie, Vivien; Brown, Stephen; Ewers, David et al.
In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol. 21, No. 6, 09.1994, p. 791-811.

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Beattie, V, Brown, S, Ewers, D, John, B, Manson, S, Thomas, D & Turner, M 1994, 'Extraordinary items and income smoothing: a positive accounting approach', Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 791-811. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5957.1994.tb00349.x

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Beattie, V., Brown, S., Ewers, D., John, B., Manson, S., Thomas, D., & Turner, M. (1994). Extraordinary items and income smoothing: a positive accounting approach. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 21(6), 791-811. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5957.1994.tb00349.x

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Beattie V, Brown S, Ewers D, John B, Manson S, Thomas D et al. Extraordinary items and income smoothing: a positive accounting approach. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 1994 Sept;21(6):791-811. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.1994.tb00349.x

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Beattie, Vivien ; Brown, Stephen ; Ewers, David et al. / Extraordinary items and income smoothing : a positive accounting approach. In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 1994 ; Vol. 21, No. 6. pp. 791-811.

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