Corporate disclosure: A review of its (direct and indirect) benefits and costs

Economie Internationale

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 5-31

  Farvaque, Etienne ^a   Refait Alexandre, Catherine ^b   Saïdane, Dhafer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^b Université de Franche Comté ^*  (France)

^c SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Financial Stability; Governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866342681     PISSN: 12408095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s2110-7017(13)60001-3     Document Type: Review

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