Corporate environmental disclosures: Competitive disclosure hypothesis using 1991 annual report data

International Journal of Accounting

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-195

  Ali Fekrat, M ^a,b   Inclan, Carla ^a   Petroni, David ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental disclosures; International accounting; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001682514     PISSN: 10944060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7063(96)90003-5     Document Type: Article

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