Environmental disclosures: electric utilities and Phase 2 of the Clean Air Act

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 466-486

  Freedman, Martin ^a   Stagliano, A J ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1990 Clean Air Act; Electric utilities; Emission allowances; Emission trading; Environmental accounting; Pollution disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849096695     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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