Determinants of voluntary Internet financial reporting by local government authorities

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-121

  Laswad, Fawzi ^a   Fisher, Richard ^b   Oyelere, Peter ^c,d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Internet financial reporting; Local governments; New Zealand; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 16844368487     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2004.12.006     Document Type: Article

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