VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURES IN AN EMERGING CAPITAL MARKET: SOME EVIDENCE FROM THE ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE

Advances in International Accounting

Volumn 17, Issue , 2004, Pages 227-250

  Leventis, Stergios ^a   Weetman, Pauline ^a  

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EID: 20744445357     PISSN: 08973660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-3660(04)17011-6     Document Type: Review

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