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Van Riper, Robert.

Setting standards for financial reporting: FASB and the struggle
for control of a critical process / Robert Van Riper.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-89930-907-0 (alk. paper)

1. Financial statements--Standards-- United States. 2. Accounting--
Standards--United States. I. Title.
HF5681.B2V28 1994
657′.021873--dc20 94-2987

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Copyright © 1994 by Robert Van Riper

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-2987

ISBN: 0-89930-907-0

First published in 1994

Quorum Books, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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