Do family firms provide more or less voluntary disclosure?

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 499-536

  Chen, Shuping ^a   Chen, Xia ^b   Cheng, Qiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 42149171409     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2008.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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