Accounting for the environment: Towards a theoretical perspective for environmental accounting and reporting

Accounting Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-138

  Jones, Michael John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting for natural resources; Environmental accounting; Environmental accounting and reporting; Natural inventories; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955579171     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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