What do firms disclose and why? Enforcing corporate governance and transparency in central and Eastern Europe

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 178-197

  Berglöf, Erik ^a   Pajuste, Anete ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23844529491     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/gri011     Document Type: Article

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