Retail investors' perceptions of the decision-usefulness of economic performance, governance, and corporate social responsibility disclosures

Behavioral Research in Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-129

  Cohen, Jeffrey ^a   Holder Webb, Lori ^b   Nath, Leda ^c   Wood, David ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Nonfinancial information; Retail investors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961192861     PISSN: 10504753     EISSN: 15588009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/bria.2011.23.1.109     Document Type: Article

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