Environmental Legislation and Environmental Disclosures: Some Evidence From New Zealand

Asian Review of Accounting

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-105

  Lemon, Andrew j ^a   Cahan, Steven f ^b  

^a Audit New Zealand ^*  (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 4243968995     PISSN: 13217348     EISSN: 17588863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb060683     Document Type: Review

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