Disclosure of Contingent Environmental Liabilities: Some Unintended Consequences?

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-277

  Kennedy, Jane ^b   Mitchell, Terence ^b   Sefcik, Stephan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032261267     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2491477     Document Type: Article

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