Do environmental disclosures in U.S. annual reports differ by environmental performance?

Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 141-161

  Hughes, Susan B ^a   Sander, James F ^a   Reier, Joanna C ^a  

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EID: 34547776076     PISSN: 14793598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-3598(00)01009-8     Document Type: Article

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