The relevance of environmental disclosures: Are such disclosures incrementally informative?

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 410-431

  Clarkson, Peter M ^a,b   Fang, Xiaohua ^c   Li, Yue ^d   Richardson, Gordon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84882916043     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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