Corporate environmental disclosure, financial markets and the media: An international perspective

Ecological Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 643-659

  Aerts, Walter ^a   Cormier, Denis ^b   Magnan, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analysts' forecasts; Corporate disclosure; Environmental disclosure; Media exposure; Web disclosure

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EQUATION; FINANCIAL MARKET; MEDIA INDUSTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 37049032500     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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