Disclosure and Recognition Requirements: Corporate Investment Decisions with Externalities

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 131-171

  Sridhar, Sri S ^a   Magee, Robert P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Externalities; Investment decisions; Recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347035284     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/DD01-GWP2-CM4Y-C7JK     Document Type: Article

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