Corporate aggregate disclosure practices in Jordan

Advances in Accounting

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 166-186

  Omar, Bilal ^a   Simon, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PETRA   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Company characteristics; Jordan; Listed companies; Mandatory and voluntary disclosure; Regulatory framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958826589     PISSN: 08826110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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