Religious Social Norms and Corporate Financial Reporting

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 39, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 845-875

  Dyreng, Scott D ^a   Mayew, William J ^a   Williams, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accrual choices; Disclosure; Financial reporting; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868114997     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2012.02295.x     Document Type: Article

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