Corporate environmental disclosure, corporate governance and earnings management

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 679-700

  Sun, Nan ^a   Salama, Aly ^a   Hussainey, Khaled ^b   Habbash, Murya ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Earnings; Environmental management; Information disclosure; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954234336     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686901011061351     Document Type: Article

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