The value relevance of environmental performance

European Accounting Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-61

  Hassel, Lars ^a   Nilsson, Henrik ^b   Nyquist, Siv ^c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 33750959942     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963818042000279722     Document Type: Article

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