The Impact of Social and Economic Development on Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure in Hong Kong and the U.K.

Advances in International Accounting

Volumn 18, Issue , 2005, Pages 219-243

  Xiao, Jason Zezheng ^a   Gao, Simon S ^a   Heravi, Saeed ^a   Cheung, Yuk C Q ^a  

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EID: 33645920326     PISSN: 08973660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-3660(05)18011-8     Document Type: Review

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