Determinants of online reporting of accounting information by Spanish local government authorities

Local Government Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 679-695

  García, Ana Cárcaba ^a   García García, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Governmental accounting; Internet; Municipalities

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; INFORMATION; INTERNET; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

SPAIN;

EID: 77956543015     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2010.506980     Document Type: Article

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