Analysing the determinants of narrative risk information in UK FTSE 100 annual reports

British Accounting Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-248

  Abraham, Santhosh ^a   Cox, Paul ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate disclosure; Governance; Institutional ownership; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547883913     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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