An exploratory study of the understandability of listed companies' annual reports

Frontiers of Business Research in China

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-49

  Sun, Manli ^a  

^a Renmin University of China   (China)

Author keywords

Accounting terms; Cloze test; Multilayer report; Understandability of annual reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548684814     PISSN: 16737326     EISSN: 16737431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11782-007-0003-2     Document Type: Article

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