Evidence on the pernicious effect of financial report environmental disclosure

Accounting Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-41

  Freedman, Martin ^a   Patten, Dennis M ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental disclosure; Environmental performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744511593     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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