Voluntary disclosure theory and financial control variables: An assessment of recent environmental disclosure research

Accounting Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-90

  Guidry, Ronald P ^a   Patten, Dennis M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control variables; Environmental disclosure; Voluntary disclosure theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861188092     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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