Perceived international environmental factors and corporate voluntary disclosure practices: An empirical study

British Accounting Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-35

  Elsayed, Mohamed Omran ^a   Hoque, Zahirul ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contingency theory; Corporate voluntary disclosure; Egypt; International environmental factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049106044     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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