Voluntary disclosure of corporate governance practices by listed Australian companies

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-196

  Collett, Peter ^a   Hrasky, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Cost of capital; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544364205     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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