Determinants of voluntary disclosure of segment information: A re-examination of the role of diversification strategy

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-109

  Aitken, Michael ^a   Hooper, Cameron ^b   Pickering, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversification; Segment reporting; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001985303     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.1997.tb00315.x     Document Type: Article

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