Framing financial responsibility: An analysis of the limitations of accounting
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2011.03.001
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Accounting limitations; Responsibilisation; Financial education; Private sphere; Choice-making discourse; Framing analysis;All these keywords.
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