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Ray Ball, George Foster, Corporate Financial Reporting: A Methodological Review of Empirical Research, Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 20, Supplement: Studies on Current Research Methodologies in Accounting: A Critical Evaluation (1982), pp. 161-234
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