Attributes of corporate risk disclosure: An international investigation in the manufacturing sector

Journal of International Accounting Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-22

  Dobler, Michael ^a   Lajili, Kaouthar ^b   Zéghal, Daniel ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Risk disclosure; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655134743     PISSN: 15426297     EISSN: 15588025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/jiar-10081     Document Type: Article

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