Disclosure and determinants studies: An extension using the Divisive Clustering Method (DIV)

European Accounting Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-218

  Chavent, Marie ^a   Ding, Yuan ^b,c   Fu, Linghui ^d   Stolowy, Hervé ^b   Wang, Huiwen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

^c CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^d BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 35148847828     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180500253092     Document Type: Article

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