The revisited contribution of environmental reporting to investors' valuation of a firm's earnings: An international perspective

Ecological Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 613-626

  Cormier, Denis ^a   Magnan, Michel ^b  

^a Université du Québec à Montréal   (Canada)

^b John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental reporting; Financial reporting; Non financial information; Stock market value

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FIRM SIZE; MEDIA ROLE; STOCK MARKET;

CANADA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247648601     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.07.030     Document Type: Article

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