The effect of environmental accounting on financial risk management of firms via insurance

International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Nikolaou, I E ^a   Yannacopoulos, A N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

environmental accounting; environmental disclosures; environmental management; insurance companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886750800     PISSN: 17520479     EISSN: 17520487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMEF.2009.023062     Document Type: Article

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