Ownership structure and corporate voluntary disclosure in Hong Kong and Singapore

International Journal of Accounting

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 247-265

  Chau, Gerald K ^a   Gray, Sidney J ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Hong Kong; Singapore; Voluntary disclosures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036083832     PISSN: 10944060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7063(02)00153-X     Document Type: Article

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