An empirical analysis of corporate governance structures and voluntary corporate disclosure in volatile capital markets: The Egyptian experience

International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 61-93

  Samaha, Khaled ^a   Dahawy, Khaled ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Corporate disclosure; Corporate governance; Egypt; Volatile capital markets; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650739480     PISSN: 17408008     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAAPE.2011.037726     Document Type: Article

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