Accounting For Defined Benefit Pension Plans: Is FASB Finally Fulfilling Its 25 Year Old Promise?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Business & Economics Research (JBER)
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2157-8893,1542-4448
DOI: 10.19030/jber.v5i8.2573