Voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of an emerging country: The case of Qatar

Advances in Accounting

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-265

  Hossain, Mohammed ^a   Hammami, Helmi ^a  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

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EID: 71549168004     PISSN: 08826110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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