The economic impact of the lack of transparency in financial reporting

Atlantic Economic Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-116

  Lander, Gerald H ^a   Auger, Kathleen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Perzel and Lara Forensic CPAs PA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Economic reality; Ethical awareness; Financial transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249090481     PISSN: 01974254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11293-007-9107-5     Document Type: Article

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